[CAUT] monkey hanger

[Jeff Tanner]

And, we (er, they) also still have the original part that could later be 
repaired and on hand for a spare replacement.  S, M and L are all the same 
part, and B and D are the same.
Tanner

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Ross" <jrpiano at win.eastlink.ca>
To: <caut at ptg.org>
Sent: Thursday, July 30, 2009 4:59 PM
Subject: Re: [CAUT] monkey hanger


> University situation is a different kettle of fish.
> They obviously have the budget for repair parts.
> But for the independent in the field, buy a torch, my mini torch was 
> around
> $20, solder and flux around $5.
> I bet a customer would not appreciate you buying a new rod, and the wait.
> It might make them think that you weren't a real technician. :-)   :-)
> It was an easy fix.
> John Ross
> Windsor, Nova Scotia.
> (Conrad, do you still have your flame suits?)
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Jeff Tanner" <tannertuner at bellsouth.net>
> To: "David Ilvedson" <ilvey at sbcglobal.net>; <caut at ptg.org>
> Sent: Thursday, July 30, 2009 4:39 PM
> Subject: Re: [CAUT] monkey hanger
>
>
> 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
>>
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