<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1106" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT size=2>Is there any benefit to a consistant hammer line, = other than how it looks?  (Perhaps, as you suggest, it's simply an indication = of other adjustments?)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>If it's just cosmetic, I'd think a player would = prefer consistent dip over consistent hammer line (but then I'm a = function-over-form kind of engineer).</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>--Cy Shuster--</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>Rochester, MN</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B> <A title=Richard.Brekne@grieg.uib.no href="mailto:Richard.Brekne@grieg.uib.no">Richard Brekne</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> Friday, May 16, 2003 3:08 = PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Action Geometry Consistency</DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT><FONT size=2></FONT><BR></DIV>  <P><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#cc0000>A good test is to put a = straight edge under a whole section of whippen cushions with the rack off of the = keyframe. This insures a dead on whippen line for the moment... then look at = your hammer line and note any inconsistancies. Gives you a real good picture of = some of the problem areas you have in your top action. Correct what you can of = course :)</FONT></FONT><FONT face=Arial><FONT = color=#cc0000></FONT></FONT> </P></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>