<html> At 02:10 PM 9/29/2002 -0400, you wrote:<snip><br> <blockquote type=cite cite><font face="arial" size=2>As far as traveling is concerned, you should do that after hanging any way. The hammers give you a much better guide. <br> <br> Wim </blockquote><br> I travel new shanks before hanging the hammers because if you hang the hammer straight and then have to shim a travelling shank,<br> the hammer is not longer straight. Then you will either have to remove the hammer and reglue or burn-in if slightly off.<br> </font><br> <div>Regards,</div> <br> <div>Jon Page,   piano technician</div> <div>Harwich Port, Cape Cod, Mass.</div> <div><a href="mailto:jonpage@attbi.com" EUDORA=AUTOURL>mailto:jonpage@attbi.com</a></div> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ </html>