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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Jon is dead right on this =
one. Hanging
hammers without pre-traveling creates a lot of extra work, popping off =
hammers
and burning over to accomplish what should have been done right in =
the
first place.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>If you get bored while pre-traveling, =
it may help
while away the time if you put a little traveling music on the stereo =
while
you're doing it. THis only applies to those of us old enough to =
remember
Jackie Gleason (and away we go).</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Arthur Grudko</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: =
black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=jonpage@attbi.com href="mailto:jonpage@attbi.com">Jon =
Page</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A =
title=pianotech@ptg.org
href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, September 29, =
2002 1:18
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Hang'n dem =
Hammers</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>At 02:10 PM 9/29/2002 -0400, you wrote:<snip><BR>
<BLOCKQUOTE cite="" type="cite"><FONT face=arial size=2>As far =
as traveling
is concerned, you should do that after hanging any way. The hammers =
give you
a much better guide. <BR><BR>Wim </BLOCKQUOTE><BR>I travel new =
shanks before
hanging the hammers because if you hang the hammer straight and then =
have to
shim a travelling shank,<BR>the hammer is not longer straight. Then =
you will
either have to remove the hammer and reglue or burn-in if slightly
off.<BR></FONT><BR>
<DIV>Regards,</DIV><BR>
<DIV>Jon Page, piano technician</DIV>
<DIV>Harwich Port, Cape Cod, Mass.</DIV>
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