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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>If you are in the customer's home, and =
presumably
with the piano, why would you want to set the hammer line outside the
piano?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>For a final hammer line (as Roger says, =
after you
have set it the first four times) I like to have the action in its =
resting
position on the keybed. I simply sight across the bottom plane of the =
pinblock
to the hammers as a level guide. This does of course incorporate the =
assumption
that the pinblock is relatively straight.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Terry Farrell</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=Piannaman@aol.com
href="mailto:Piannaman@aol.com">Piannaman@aol.com</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A =
title=pianotech@ptg.org
href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, March 06, 2004 =
2:54
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: hammer line</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT size=2 =
PTSIZE="10">In a
message dated 3/5/04 8:26:38 PM Pacific Standard Time, <A
href="mailto:jackhouweling@dccnet.com">jackhouweling@dccnet.com</A> =
writes:
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TYPE="CITE">I am looking for an effective way for setting the hammer =
blow
in the customers house. After setting samples inside the =
grand
piano how can I get a perfect hammer line outside of the piano? Is =
there any
jigs? </BLOCKQUOTE><BR><BR>Hi Jack, <BR><BR>I've used a wooden =
let-off
rack(Schaff variety) lowered way down to get a ruler-straight hammer =
line,
only to have it alter once I get it in the piano. Looks good for =
the
time being, though.... <BR><BR>Dave S.</FONT> =
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