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<div><font face="Arial" size="-4" color="#000000">>Do/did some
manufacturers bore their upright hammers</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="-4" color="#000000">>such that the
hammers overstrike the string</font>...</div>
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<div>Yes, supposedly for the whip of the shank to flex and the hammer
strike</div>
<div>perpendicularly. Evidently, most player don't use that much
force; so I</div>
<div>bore hammers to understrike just a bit so that they will wear in
to</div>
<div>perpendicular and not spend their life going further and further
away</div>
<div>from ideal. Same for grands.</div>
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<div>Recently did a 40" S&S console, had to shorten the
shanks to maintain</div>
<div>strike point. the original hammers had a definite overstriking
wear pattern,</div>
<div>flat and highly angled.</div>
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Regards,<br>
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Jon Page</div>
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