Hammers Missing a String on a Hard Blow

...the miscreants should be repinned, properly filed, traveled to vertical, squared to vertical at strike, fit to strings by lifting strings (not left underlifted or overlifted) and see. And good pay should accompany this useful work, because it would make a significant improvement, regardless of fine-detail variables.
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Grand Regulating and Zen Archery: Knowing the Bullseye

Greatest simplicity is the essence of the bullseye. If the vertical axis of the bullseye hammer is tipped in any direction, it complicates strike, energy transfer, and bounce (tone, power, and repetition - TPR). Taken in its simplest terms, vertical address and full fit at strike, at pitch, and in tune are symptoms of arriving in the bullseye.
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