<!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 id=role_body style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Arial" bottomMargin=7 bgColor=#ffffff leftMargin=7 topMargin=7 rightMargin=7> <DIV> I remember prepping a rebuilt D for a dealer, shoving the action back in and breaking a hammer on that strut. Yep. Had twenty minutes to track down a correct flange and fix it before a scheduled customer was to come in. Yep. Not a pretty time. That crunch sound certainly stays with you!</DIV> <DIV>Joseph Alkana RPT</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=PIANOTECHNICIAN@aol.com href="mailto:PIANOTECHNICIAN@aol.com">PIANOTECHNICIAN@aol.com</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, February 16, 2007 7:59 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Grand hammers breaking off when keyframe is pulled</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV><FONT id=role_document face=Arial color=#000000 size=2> <DIV>I'm not talking about a hammer breaking off (when a grand action is pulled out) because the hammer head is too high, thereby getting broken off by the pin block. I always check for clearance, as we all do, before pulling a grand action. I'm talking about the part of the plate that runs perpendicular to the pin block, and too close for comfort to the hammers at the treble break. The bottom of the plate extends down, below string level.</DIV> <DIV>Can you picture it now?</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Jesse Gitnik  NYC</DIV> <DIV>Since 1980</DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></FONT></BODY></HTML>