Grand hammers breaking off when keyframe is pulled

[Joseph Alkana]

 I remember prepping a rebuilt D for a dealer, shoving the action back in and breaking a hammer on that strut. Yep. Had twenty minutes to track down a correct flange and fix it before a scheduled customer was to come in. Yep. Not a pretty time. That crunch sound certainly stays with you!
Joseph Alkana RPT
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: PIANOTECHNICIAN at aol.com 
  To: pianotech at ptg.org 
  Sent: Friday, February 16, 2007 7:59 AM
  Subject: Grand hammers breaking off when keyframe is pulled


  I'm not talking about a hammer breaking off (when a grand action is pulled out) because the hammer head is too high, thereby getting broken off by the pin block. I always check for clearance, as we all do, before pulling a grand action. I'm talking about the part of the plate that runs perpendicular to the pin block, and too close for comfort to the hammers at the treble break. The bottom of the plate extends down, below string level.
  Can you picture it now?

  Jesse Gitnik  NYC
  Since 1980
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