<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2802" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY style="WORD-WRAP: break-word; khtml-nbsp-mode: space; khtml-line-break: after-white-space" bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV>Mr. Bill wrote:</DIV> <DIV>"...are you sure that they're actually over-striking."</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Absolutley. I didn't measure, but would estimate at least five degrees overstrike - way more than that potentially caused by hammer wear. I've got two nearly identical M&H uprights from around 1912 with this setup. I made a nice little wooden square that I can fit right in against the strings and see quite clearly how square the hammers are to the string plane.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Terry Farrell</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>