[CAUT] monkey hanger

[David Ilvedson]

I just got a quote from David Kirkland...$173 + shipping...I'm pretty sure I can do it myself.   I'll the soldering iron first to see if it can get it hot enough, but I bet I'll need the torch...

David Ilvedson, RPT
Pacifica, CA  94044

----- Original message ----------------------------------------
From: "Jeff Tanner" <tannertuner at bellsouth.net>
To: caut at ptg.org
Received: 7/30/2009 12:09:35 PM
Subject: Re: [CAUT] monkey hanger


>monkey hangerYes, perhaps. But, a., finding someone who knows how to do that is 
>one problem. b. getting those kinds of jobs paid for is a royal pain.  And this was for 
>the piano in the university president's residence.  I had a rod in another piano in the 
>shop I replaced in their piano, and the replacement rod went back into the piano in 
>the shop when it came in.  Seems like the new rod was something like $129?  Lot 
>more than that of time, trouble and money would have gone into the repair.
>Tanner
>  ----- Original Message ----- 
>  From: John Ross 
>  To: caut at ptg.org 
>  Sent: Thursday, July 30, 2009 11:25 AM
>  Subject: Re: [CAUT] monkey hanger


>  New rod!
>  Wouldn't have been easier to find someone to silver solder it. You could even have 
>held it in place for him.
>  How much did the new rod cost, and how long did it take to come?
>  Come to think on it, I think I repaired one with a mini torch and solder. That was 
>over 10 years ago, and it is still holding.
>  John Ross
>  Windsor, Nova Scotia.
>    ----- Original Message ----- 
>    From: Jeff Tanner 
>    To: David Ilvedson ; caut at ptg.org 
>    Sent: Thursday, July 30, 2009 12:06 PM
>    Subject: Re: [CAUT] monkey hanger


>    I had this happen once. If remember correctly, I couldn't figure out how to hold 
>the wire in place while trying to resolder. Wound up ordering a new rod.  By the time 
>you figure your time and tools you'd have to buy....
>    Tanner
>      ----- Original Message ----- 
>      From: David Ilvedson 
>      To: caut at ptg.org ; pianotech at ptg.org 
>      Sent: Wednesday, July 29, 2009 2:51 AM
>      Subject: [CAUT] monkey hanger


>      List,

>      I have a Steinway B with a broken wire hanger that is soldered into the sost 
>blade and attaches to the monkey.  I have a pretty good idea on how to repair 
>this...I've brazed copper pipes a bit...very little bit, but I imagine it is similar...?   If 
>someone has done this, a little advice would be appreciated...

>      David Ilvedson, RPT
>      Pacifica, CA 94044