[CAUT] monkey hanger

[Jeff Tanner]

That was the thing. I didn't have a torch (and at the time, I think the only 
soldering iron I had was a 25 watt), which would have required time to go 
out and buy one and some sort of contraption for holding the rod, the wire, 
the torch, the solder, etc., and then, extra time to get reimbursed by the 
university for the purchase, not to mention the time required to do the 
repair.  Oh, and the mileage on my vehicle wouldn't have been reimbursed. 
It was just easier, and really probably not much more expensive to order 
one, and it was here in a couple of days.
Tanner

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Ilvedson" <ilvey at sbcglobal.net>
To: <caut at ptg.org>
Sent: Thursday, July 30, 2009 3:30 PM
Subject: Re: [CAUT] monkey hanger


>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
>