<HTML style="FONT-SIZE: x-small; FONT-FAMILY: MS Sans Serif"><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1400" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV>I would do everything to exhaust the strike point question first.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> <DIV>David Love</DIV> <DIV><A href="mailto:davidlovepianos@earthlink.net">davidlovepianos@earthlink.net</A></DIV> <DIV> </DIV></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt Arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=gwholley@hi-techhousing.com href="mailto:gwholley@hi-techhousing.com">Gordon Holley</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> 8/13/2004 2:33:16 PM </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Farrand Strike Line- Response to David Love and others</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV><FONT size=2> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hello David.  </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>These hammers have all been "filed" or "reshaped" which-ever term you prefer.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The other suggestions of things to look at and do, I'll do and work-on this Sunday and</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>respond on my findings.  But I would ask again, to be sure, would you really want</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>to file them some more?.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Many thanks, and my regards, Gordon Holley</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3></FONT></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>Imadegawas are generally pretty hard already.  I wouldn't add lacquer. <BR><STRONG>File them a bit and make sure that all strings are contacted.</STRONG>   Look<BR>carefully from the backside of the capo bar to make sure the hammers are<BR>not hitting too close to the bar.  If the action is pushed in all the way<BR>you can get the hammers to move in further by putting a large screwdriver<BR>under the front rail in front of where you are testing and prying upward,<BR>tilting the action inward.  See if that improves things.  If it does, you<BR>will have to rehang the hammers farther out on the shank.  I am assuming<BR>you are not catching the checks on the way up or blocking against the<BR>strings.  It sounds like it's probably a strike point issue.   One other<BR>thing to check is that on some pianos the edge oof the plate can get<BR>perilously close to the strike point and the inside edge of the hammer can<BR>be contacting the plate before the hammer hits the string string.  Look at<BR>the inside shoulder of the hammer and see if you have a plate mark from<BR>repeated impact.  If so, file the shoulder of the hammer until you have<BR>clearance, move the hammer line in slightly, or rake the hammers back until<BR>you get the strike point that you want.  <BR><BR>David Love</FONT><BR></DIV></FONT></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>