<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML dir=ltr><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.6000.16640" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face="Bookman Old Style" size=2>I'm sure you probably would have noticed this, but the last time I saw hammers in the bass section all aligned so that they were missing the right string (or some such) it was because the bass top bridge was split badly, allowing the top bearing pins to migrate toward the treble, along with the bass strings.  The fix there in that case is to replace the bass top bridge.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Bookman Old Style" size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Bookman Old Style" size=2>William R. Monroe</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Bookman Old Style" size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Bookman Old Style" size=2></FONT> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV class=gmail_quote> <BLOCKQUOTE class=gmail_quote style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">Questions:  Is there a fix for the hammers other than filing the hammers and<BR>replacing the shanks?</BLOCKQUOTE> <DIV><FONT face="Bookman Old Style" size=2></FONT><BR></DIV> <DIV>Can you slightly enlarge the hammer butt flange hole to shift the hammer over a bit more?</DIV></DIV> <DIV>-- <BR>JF</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Bookman Old Style" size=2></FONT> </DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>