Hammer Butt Leather Replacement

[jolly roger]

Hi Terry,
             Use the correct thickness of key bushing cloth, it will work
fine.  Use hot hide glue to attach, just a little dab will do ya. If it's
your first butt leather replacement job?   Make sure the leather is nice
and taut.   Again Hot Hide glue is the easiest to use.
Roger


At 05:34 PM 8/21/01 -0400, you wrote:
>Hello Listees. I am refurbishing/rebuilding an upright action for a friend
>of my wife's. 1905 Fisher 52". She just wants to do the minimum to get it
>playing. I was just going to do the standard minimum - file hammers,
>shrink-size/lubricate centers (tight action centers), fix a few keys, light
>regulation, etc. BUT - The hammer butt leathers are detached at the upper
>end and are very hard and stiff (can't really just glue 'em back down). So,
>I am going to recommend that we get a bit more serious and replace butts &
>hammers. BUT, I wish to give her the likely lower cost option of repairing
>what she has.
>
>The butts have two little pieces of red felt under the leather that sit in
>little notched-out spots. I can only assume these will get damaged when I
>soak the butt leathers off. It also looks like many of them are a bit
>moth-chewed. It only seems reasonable to me that these will require
>replacement. Are these available from Schaff, etc.? I can't find such a
>thing in the catalog. What do ya'll do in such a case (besides turn the work
>down)? Thanks.
>
>Terry Farrell
>