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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Same thoughts here.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>While we are there, I heard that some (very
respectable) technicians do put a little horizontal travel (to the left) on the
few lower tenor hammers, on Steinway pianos. Is this common practice
? What is the reason therefor ?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Stéphane Collin.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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<A title=mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com
href="mailto:mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com">Farrell</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=pianotech@ptg.org
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, September 19, 2006 2:28
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: hammer travel</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Maybe I'm missing something here - and maybe I'm
just going to show off some of my ignorance - hanging hammers is not my
expertise - but how will bending the shank affect hammer travel? Seems to me
if a hammer travel has a horizontal component (you don't want any - all
movement should be vertical) during its travel through its arc, the
solution is to travel the hammer/shank/flange by inserting the appropriate
thickness of traveling paper under the flange (in this case on the bass side
of the flange screw). If you bend the shank, yes you can move the hammer over
one way or another, but it will still have a horizontal travel
component.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Yes?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Terry
Farrell</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>