<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=windows-1252"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1458" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY> <DIV> <DIV>Since you have new hammers and you are = putting on new hammers, and you do not have hanging jigs or much experience, I would = use the old "every other" method of hanging hammers.  Remove every other = hammer and replace them all with new ones.  This will line them up totally = with the old ones to get all strike points right.  Be sure to number them so = you don't get confused in their order and can tell between the two sets.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>This works for my apprentices except for old = multi sandfiled hammer sets.  You may have to shape tails first, by the = way.</DIV> <DIV>D.L. = Bullock</DIV> <DIV><A href="http://www.thepianoworld.com/">www.thepianoworld.com</A></= FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Put the worlds greatest healer to work = for WHATEVER health problem you may have----YOUR OWN IMMUNE SYSTEM.  = Your body is capable of healing EVERY disease if you give it the right fuel.  = Visit <A href="http://www.mannapages.com/dlbullock">http://www.mannapages.com/dlbullock</A> to learn how to get the right fuel.  Also <A href="http://www.glycoscience.org/">www.glycoscience.org</A></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE> <DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr align=left>-----Original Message----- From: antares [mailto:antares@euronet.nl] Sent: Saturday, October 02, 2004 = 12:03 PM To: Pianotech Subject: Re: new grand hammer = head replacement </DIV> On 2-okt-04, at 17:52, ilex = cameron ross wrote: <?x-tad-bigger> <?/x-tad-bigger> <BLOCKQUOTE><?fontfamily><?param Arial><?color><?param = 0000,0000,FFFF><?x-tad-bigger>Hi all -<?/x-tad-bigger><?/color><?/fontfamily> <?fontfamily><?param = Arial><?color><?param 0000,0000,FFFF><?x-tad-bigger>Dunno if anyone remembers the ruined set of Hamamatsu hammers on the Kawai = EX that I was dealing with - someone a while ago seriously over-lacquered = them, and not evenly, to the point where they couldn't really even be = even'd-out with needling. Soaking in thinner muffled the glass-breaking timbre, but = didn't really leave me with what i felt was something worth trying to work = with. Pretty much ruined, being as how it's a 9' concert instrument. So I = had them order a set of new hammers, and requested they come on new shanks = and flanges in the interest of time. Nope, not happening. The lovely new = hammers just arrived - heads only. Not a huge deal, really - they're already = properly bored, tails are shaped, and I guess ultimately this is = probably better. The current shanks and flanges are great. it's just going to = mean heat-gunning the current ones and glueing this set on. = I've never just *glued* a WHOLE SET of grand hammers on a piano - is there = anything special I should look out for? the archive just seems to have info = on hanging a new set, new shanks, flanges, and all. I was just going to = go one at a time or one section at a time so I'd have a guide with the = action out of the piano for hammer = angle.<?/x-tad-bigger><?/color><?/fontfamily> <?fontfamily><?param = Arial><?color><?param = 0000,0000,FFFF><?x-tad-bigger><?/x-tad-bigger><?/color><?/fontfamily><?x-= tad-bigger> <?/x-tad-bigger> <?fontfamily><?param = Arial><?color><?param 0000,0000,FFFF><?x-tad-bigger>any other suggestions?<?/x-tad-bigger><?/color><?/fontfamily> <?x-tad-bigger>&nb= sp;<?/x-tad-bigger> <?fontfamily><?param Arial><?color><?param = 0000,0000,FFFF><?x-tad-bigger>thx,<?/x-tad-bigger><?/color><?/fontfamily>= <?fontfamily><?param Arial><?color><?param = 0000,0000,FFFF><?x-tad-bigger>ilex<?/x-tad-bigger><?/color><?/fontfamily>= <?x-tad-bigger> <?/x-tad-bigger> <?fontfamily><?param = Arial><?color><?param 0000,0000,FFFF><?x-tad-bigger>ps - Joe, you've jinxed my keyboard! now my backspace is crapped = out.<?/x-tad-bigger><?/color><?/fontfamily> <?fontfamily><?param = Arial><?color><?param = 0000,0000,FFFF><?x-tad-bigger><?/x-tad-bigger><?/color><?/fontfamily><?x-= tad-bigger> <?/x-tad-bigger> <?x-tad-bigger> <?/x-tad-bigger= > </BLOCKQUOTE> My advice would be to make small pencil marks on the first and last = hammer crown of each section, and EXACTLY in the center of the crown. see picture: </BLOCKQUOTE></DIV></BODY></HTML>