KS 19: Recording Spacing Scale and Strike Heights

KS 19: Recording Spacing Scale and Strike Heights

Recording Spacing Scale and Strike Heights:

Setup now complete, record the hammer spacing scale and template heights at strike. The hammer spacing scale comes from the spacing of strings along the strike line as hammers must align with their strings. Whatever traveling, squaring, or spacing we receive in a worn action, hammer wearmarks show where their strings are at strike. So don't touch their traveling, squaring, or spacing (and don't file them) until you record the center of each unison on the Regulating Rack at strike. This will provide a real place to return to as things are changed during the regulation.

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KS 18: Strike Setup on the Bench

KS 18: Strike Setup on the Bench

Strike Setup on the Bench:

When the keyframe has been bedded on the bench to have the same shape it had in the piano, our strike samples will work. We took each of these with the weight of a WNG Dip Tool at the front of the key. We first blocked the sample hammers against their strings, then "let them off" with a slight hesitation to refine the location. Now, working the inverse on the bench, we adjust the "strings" (templates) to produce the same symptoms. When done, their bottom edges will be at strike relative to the action.

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