hammer problems

[Howard S. Rosen]

Why "anything but CA glue", Jim?
Talk about a quick repair... CA glue, kicker and plier pressure and it's
done in 6 seconds. (maybe 5 with practice). With anything but a good grand
it should be easy to  voice it equal to neighbors.
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> From: JIMRPT@aol.com
> To: pianotech@ptg.org
> Subject: Re:  hammer problems
> Date: Wednesday, October 01, 1997 6:50 PM
> 
> James;
>  Stuff happens Huh?
> I would trim the shanks before doing anything else. This will make you
look
> at every hammer and see if the felt is coming loose.  while cutting and
> inspecting, pull on each hammer in the back where the loose felt has
happened
> and try to seperate any that were coming loose and haven't already let
go.
>   As for glue, almost anything but CA types I suppose.  Titebond or hide
glue
> will work just fine.  As for clamping on the smaller hammers use a small
size
> spring clamp, the shape of the jaws and cavity will fit around the hammer
> just fine and hold an even pressure over a large area of felt.  Bend the
tips
> just a tad if necessary. For larger hammers, use a larger spring clamp. 
If
> you use titebond leave the clamps on for 24 hours and if you use hide
> glue,for twelve hours.  You can do it faster than this but you don't want
to
> take a chance on them coming loose again because of being in a hurry or
lack
> of patience, Huh?
>   This method works well, is fairly quick, and will salvage the hammers
> involved, if not the tone, but they should be close enough on this
instrument
> to voice up or down as needed to blend them in.
>  Hope something here helps.
> Jim Bryant (FL)