That's my approach, hammers parallel to the strings as far as angles allow. I do this for tonal reasons, looking to simplify the strike event as much as possible.However some manufacturer's...maybe most, purposely angle the hammers relative to the string angle, particularly Europeans. I think they are looking for noise in the attack.
Alan, as far boring schedules that vary 1 or 2 degrees from your measurements, I would challenge how much of a perceptible effect this would have on the attack. Even when taking the angle off of existing factory hammers, reading the angle is a rather fuzzy interpretive game. Even if you got the original angles correct, somehow, they still graduate in a way that reflects the limits of the boring equipment and time spent on the task, rather than graduate in a perfect series.
I personally would not fuss over 1 or 2 deg discrepancies.
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Jim Ialeggio
grandpianosolutions.com
Shirley, MA
978 425-9026
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Original Message:
Sent: 06-30-2019 08:34
From: S. Fenton Murray
Subject: hammer boring angles needed for Bos 200 from 1972
Hi Alan,
The piano has the information you need.
Bore distance is string ht minus hammer center pin ht.
Bore angle is string angle, to the limit that the hammers clear one another.
Say about 8*.
i hope that is helpful
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Fenton Murray, RPT
Royal Oaks CA
Original Message:
Sent: 06-29-2019 08:41
From: Alan Eder
Subject: hammer boring angles needed for Bos 200 from 1972
List,
I need to hang a set of hammers on a 47 year old Bosendorfer model 200. The hammers currently on this piano were not hung by the factory. It is a sloppy enough job that measuring angles off the current hammers is not a reliable way of determining the correct hammer boring angles for this piano.
I have consulted with Bosendorfer, but they do not have the information. I have also reached out two of our most esteemed techs with extensive Bosendorfer experience. They provided boring angle schedules that are similar to each other, but not identical (varying as much as a degree or two). Unfortunately, neither of these techs could verify that the information they had was applicable to a model 200 made in 1975.
So, after all of that set-up, my ask is this:
Does anyone out there have hammer boring angle data for a 1972 Bosendorfer model 200?
Thanks,
Alan
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Alan Eder, RPT
Herb Alpert School of Music
California Institute of the Arts
Valencia, CA
661.904.6483
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