<!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 6.00.5730.11" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY style="WORD-WRAP: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space" bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hello list.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>When trying to find the best hammer glue distance (strike point), I face two problems :</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>1°  the sound of the note with a dry fit hammer is not the same as the same note with the hammer correctly glued on the shank</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>2°  a sexy sound for one note does not mean that the whole piano will sound sexy with each note arranged so.</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Any ideas in order to improve the process ?</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>In the meanwhile, I addere to the lengthy process of </FONT> <FONT face=Arial size=2>gluing all hammers at a position far enough on the shank, so I'm sure that if I want to change again, I change for shorter glue distance.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Best regards.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Stéphane Collin.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV></BODY></HTML>