Strike Point

[Willem Blees]

Matthew

I leaned early on that the strike point of note 88 is at one seventh of the length of the string. But sometimes that is not the ideal strike point. You might need to?adjust the strike point?to get the best tone out of the piano. On a grand, move the action in and out until G or A gives you the best sound. Then?adjust the rest of the hammers to equal the sound. Of course that might mean doing some voicing on those notes. On an upright, you can heat the shanks and bend each?hammer?until you get a good tone, again making sure it isn't a voicing problem.? 


Willem (Wim) Blees, RPT
Piano Tuner/Technician
Honolulu, HI
Author of 
The Business of Piano Tuning
available from Potter Press
www.pianotuning.com


-----Original Message-----
From: Matthew Todd <toddpianoworks at att.net>
To: pianotech at ptg.org
Sent: Fri, 2 May 2008 5:36 pm
Subject: Strike Point



Good evening,

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I've noticed in?most of?the regulating manuals I've read, that they recommend the strike point of C-88 to be about 1/8''.? Almost all the pianos I have come to, the strike point is not 1/8''.? Most of the time, the strike point is just below the V-bar, barely a 1/16'' in most cases.? I have never dealt with this issue before because I seem to have an issue with it. If I were to adjust the strike to an 1/8'', the hammers in the treble end would be off of the rest rail.? The action would be sort of slanted.

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Do you all mess with this issue or not?

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Matthew

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