<!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 6.00.6000.16587" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY> <DIV><SPAN class=129460718-24052008><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Thanks for all the suggestions so far.  I'm liking the idea of finding a way to shift the hammer over by modifying the flange.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=129460718-24052008><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=129460718-24052008><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>I did check the bottom bass bridge and it was OK, but I can't say I looked specifically at the top.  I would think something like that would have jumped out at me up there where it is visible.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=129460718-24052008><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=129460718-24052008><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>I did end up tuning unisons as I went with a one piece rubber mute, but even that was difficult to place because of the close proximity of the plate.  The tip would curl and not fit behind the string.  I had a split mute in the tuning case, but did not think to try it.  It might have worked better, but the ends of that are thicker than the single.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=129460718-24052008><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=129460718-24052008><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>John Voigt</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=129460718-24052008></SPAN> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE> <DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Tahoma size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> John Formsma [mailto:formsma@gmail.com]<BR><B>Sent:</B> Friday, May 23, 2008 10:30 PM<BR><B>To:</B> Pianotech List<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: 1890's Everett upright<BR><BR></FONT></DIV> <DIV class=gmail_quote>On Fri, May 23, 2008 at 8:11 PM, John Voigt <<A href="mailto:jvoigt@gwtc.net">jvoigt@gwtc.net</A>> wrote:<BR> <DIV> </DIV> <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><BR></DIV> <DIV>Can you slightly enlarge the hammer butt flange hole to shift the hammer over a bit more?</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE class=gmail_quote style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid"><BR>Has anyone else ever experinced a situation with the plate being so close to<BR>the strings? </BLOCKQUOTE> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>Yes.  There are some old Chickerings that are impossible to keep a strip mute in.  Is it the 67BB?  Anyway, if you're using an ETD, just tune unisons as you go.  If you're tuning aurally ... well, it's a good time to practice tuning the unisons as you go.  :-)</DIV> <DIV> </DIV></DIV>-- <BR>JF </BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>