<font color='navy' size='2' face='Comic Sans MS, sans-serif'><font color="#000080" face="Comic Sans MS, sans-serif" size="2">Jon</font> <div><font color="#000080" face="Comic Sans MS, sans-serif" size="2"> Sorry. Ray wasn't reading far enough. The spec is 2 1/4 bass and 2 5/8 tenor with 6 or 7 degrees of rake. </font></div> <div><font color="#000080" face="Comic Sans MS, sans-serif" size="2">  He says the bore can </font><font color="#000080" face="Comic Sans MS, sans-serif">vary</font><font color="#000080" face="Comic Sans MS, sans-serif" size="2"> a little.  What a shock.</font><br> <br> <div style="color: navy; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; clear: both;"><font size="1" color="royalblue"><b><font face="Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><font color="black"><font color="mediumblue" face="Comic Sans MS, sans-serif">Dale Erwin R.P.T.<br> <font color="green">Erwin's Piano Restoration Inc.</font><br> </font></font></font></b></font><font color="darkgreen"><span style="font-style: italic;"><b><font size="1"><font size="1" color="black"><font color="blueviolet"><font color="black"> <font color="black" face="Comic Sans MS, sans-serif">Mason & Hamlin</font><font face="Comic Sans MS, sans-serif">/Steinway/</font><font color="black" face="Comic Sans MS, sans-serif">U.S. pianos</font><font face="Comic Sans MS, sans-serif"><br> </font></font></font></font><font size="1" color="cornflowerblue" face="Comic Sans MS, sans-serif">www.Erwinspiano.com</font><font size="1"><br> </font><font size="1" color="crimson" face="Comic Sans MS, sans-serif">Phone: 209-577-8397</font><br> <font color="darkgreen"></font></font></b></span></font><tt><tt><font color="darkgreen"><br>  </font><br>   <font size="2"></font></tt></tt><br> <br> </div> <br> <br> <div style="color: black; font-family: arial, helvetica; font-size: 10pt;">-----Original Message-----<br> From: Ray Negron <ray@ronsenhammer.com><br> To: 'Dale Erwin' <erwinspiano@aol.com><br> Sent: Thu, Feb 14, 2013 7:05 am<br> Subject: RE: from Jon page on p-tech<br> <br> <div id="AOLMsgPart_1_3a875a7c-e243-4617-99b7-45de67e46388"> <div class="WordSection1"> <div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:">Stock bore is 2 1/8” bass & 1 13/16 treble. </span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"> </span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:">Ray Negron</span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:">Ronsen Piano Hammer Co.</span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:">1-800-864-0233</span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"><a href="mailto:ray@ronsenhammer.com">ray@ronsenhammer.com</a> </span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"> </span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"> </span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"> </span></div> <div style="border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in"> <div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"> Dale Erwin [<a href="mailto:erwinspiano@aol.com?">mailto:erwinspiano@aol.com</a>] <br> <b>Sent:</b> Thursday, February 14, 2013 9:38 AM<br> <b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:ray@ronsenhammer.com">ray@ronsenhammer.com</a><br> <b>Subject:</b> from Jon page on p-tech</span></div> </div> <div class="MsoNormal"> </div> <pre><tt><span style="color:black">I was handed a project that another tech could not finish due to a family</span></tt></pre><pre><tt><span style="color:black">illness. New hammers are in the offing but I have a few concerns. </span></tt></pre><pre><tt><span style="color:black">First, the shanks mic .210" but the hammers were bored to .218" (7/32). </span></tt></pre><pre><tt><span style="color:black">That is way too loose. Could a paper shim be glued in on the non-string side</span></tt></pre><pre><tt><span style="color:black">of the molding without causing a problem down the line? Secondly, the</span></tt></pre><pre><tt><span style="color:black">hammers are bored close to the same length as these old, worn ones and there</span></tt></pre><pre><tt><span style="color:black">are shims under the hammer rail already. What is a stock bore </span></tt></pre><pre><tt><span style="color:black">for a S&S 1098?   Maybe I should plug these holes and rebore to bring </span></tt></pre><pre><tt><span style="color:black">the action parameters to original specs.</span></tt></pre><pre><tt><span style="color:black"> </span></tt></pre><pre><tt><span style="color:black">Regards,</span></tt></pre><pre><tt><span style="color:black"> </span></tt></pre><pre><tt><span style="color:black">Jon Page</span></tt><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:black"></span></pre> <div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"> </span></div> <div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><b><span style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:">Dale Erwin R.P.T.<br> </span></b><b><span style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:">Erwin's Piano Restoration Inc.</span></b><b><span style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"><br> </span></b><b><i><span style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:">Mason & Hamlin/Steinway/U.S. pianos<br> </span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"><a target="_blank" href="http://www.Erwinspiano.com">www.Erwinspiano.com</a></span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"><br> </span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:">Phone: 209-577-8397</span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"><br> </span></i></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"><br> <tt> </tt></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"><br> <tt>  </tt></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"></span></div> </div> </div> </div>  </div> </div> </font>