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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hello, Listees! I have a question that I
want to ask about the boring angles on Steinway grands. I have a 1904
short A that does not have the original hammers on it, and the ones that are
there have barely any angle (Maybe 2 or 3 Degrees). The strings are at a
15 degree angle to the stretcher.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> I looked up Newton Hunt's
posting of published hammer boring specs in the archives, and the only bass
hammer angles for S&S that I saw were 5.5 degrees for an L and B, I
think. I bored a couple samples at 8, 9, and 1 at 10 degrees, and
concluded that 8 would work.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> Any thoughts on this? I
looked at a Baldwin R, next to it, and they looked to be about 10. What do
you all use?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Clark A. Sprague, RPT</FONT></DIV>
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href="mailto:csprague4@woh.rr.com">csprague4@woh.rr.com</A></FONT></DIV>
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