In a message dated 97-05-25 10:30:06 EDT, you write: << As well as gluing split hammer shanks together with thread or MacDonalds straws, he used to cut squares of felt to put on the front rail pins. He meticulously cut shoe strings to use as bridle straps and glued them to the top of the hammer butts. >> Not exactly a horror story to add, but I once tuned a piano for an immigrant seamstress that repaired all the parts with glue and thread. Not one shank was not wound many times tightly with it. Including some flanges and jacks! The piano held together. I had to marvel at the technique, considering she did it all in the piano without removing the parts. Regards, Sam Grossner Chicago.
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