<HTML><HTML>Good day. About two years ago I restrung a friend's Baldwin, SC with great success and while I was at it decided to refurbish and regulate the action as a learning experience. No significant problems beyond repinning a dozen or so hammers (I made a jig to tip the action for that). However, upon returning the action to the piano we discovered that the two or three top hammers were only "clicking", not sounding. The hammer shoulders were hitting the damper rail.  We checked that the action was true and square and started fiddling with things. In order to free these hammers the action needed to be moved so far forward that it reached the limit of the cheek block adjustments and was hanging on the keyslip! So, we have left the keyslip loose for the time being and but the project to one side. After thinking about this for some time I've decided that the former technician, who apparently installed new hammers, placed the set too far out on the shanks. Unless he used some "unusual" glue, I should be able to move the hammerheads further forward using heat and the standard techniques. My problem: what is an "easy" way to determine the strike point? And how may I transfer the measurement to the shanks, like with a pencil mark? Do you think that I should reposition, say, only the top two octaves or reposition the entire set? Any help will be greatly appreciated. Cheers, Dave Talcott</HTML>