At 10:48 AM 8/30/2006 -0500, you wrote: >Does anyone have a favorite (easy) way to fix loose capstans? We have a >6-year-old grand where the capstans are so loose that you can't keep a >good hammer line. Within a week of regulating it several hammers are back >down on the rebound felts. None of the capstans are hard to turn and many >are way too loose. Unfortunately this is from the 5-year-warranty company >so I'm on my own with this one. > >dave > >__________________________ >David M. Porritt, RPT >Meadows School of the Arts >Southern Methodist University >Dallas, TX 75275 ><mailto:dporritt at smu.edu>dporritt at smu.edu > Have you tried glue sizing? I've got a little dispenser bottle with really dilute yellow glue. (4:1/5:1??) Pull the capstan, fill hole up w/sizing (finger on bottom of hole if it goes through key), after a few seconds - dump excess, re-insert capstan, wait... overnight is best to allow full drying of wood. adjust. The water really swells the wood and the glue keeps it there. Conrad Hoffsommer All I ask is a chance to prove that money can't make me happy.
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