The fastest way is with some thin CA glue applied at the base. The longer way is to remove and resize with glued in shims. David Love davidlovepianos at comcast.net www.davidlovepianos.com -----Original Message----- From: caut-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of Conrad Hoffsommer Sent: Wednesday, August 30, 2006 9:28 AM To: College and University Technicians Subject: Re: [CAUT] capstans 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 >
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