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<DIV><FONT size=2></FONT><FONT face=Arial>Interesting post Ed. Are =
you simply
moving the action in and out and listening to the tone, or do you have =
some
other slick techniques for determining optimal strike points in =
various
areas along the scale?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Perhaps my ears are just not yet refined enough =
(likely
enough), but while I can easily hear MAJOR differences in tone in the =
high
treble when moving the action in and out, well, let's just say its not =
as
obvious to me in the lower registers of the piano.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Terry Farrell</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Sent: Saturday, January 17, 2004 1:25
PM</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Subject: Re: S&S replacing Hammer =
Assemblies
with new</FONT></DIV></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial><BR><FONT size=2></FONT></FONT></DIV><FONT =
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size=2>> Greetings, <BR>> I have some serious =
reservations
about using pre-hung hammers for <BR>> STeinways. I have just =
finished
installing a new action on a 1965 model B and <BR>> pre-hung hammers =
would
have been a disaster. Why? Well, the strike point for =
<BR>>
optimum tone on this piano varies by section, requiring a hanging =
distance of 3
mm <BR>> shorter at the top break! Had I just hung everything =
at 130
mm, this section <BR>> would have been dead. <BR>> =
Maybe if a brand has control over their process, this sort of =
variability
<BR>> wouldn't be a factor, but these are the hand-made =
"standard" of
the piano <BR>> world but they don't lend themselves to standard =
assemblies.
G0 figure. <BR>> Regards, <BR>> <BR>> Ed Foote RPT <BR>> =
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