This is a multipart message in MIME format ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment I've got to second Jon's advice, consider holding off on the= action rebuild until after the concert. But if that isn't going= to fly... Are they putting you up while you do the work or are you taking= the action to the shop? If you go to pick up the action and= take it back to the shop, you've got about 2+ hours of time= right there. Another 1+ hours to bring the action back for the= finish work. Don't hesitate to bill them for this time! They= could put you up for several days and let you do the work there.= I'm taking for granted you have pre-bored hammers from= Steinway. The Journal has articles by Bill Spurlock on hammer= replacement. What you ought to do is send another post to the List and tell us= what you think your procedure will be and what tools you'll= need. This will give us a good idea if you can handle the job! David Ilvedson ----- Original message ----------------------------------------> From: Jon Page <jonpage@attbi.com> To: <pianotech@ptg.org> Received: Sun, 04 Aug 2002 21:11:46 -0400 Subject: Re: New Steinway Hammer replacement At 11:12 AM 8/4/2002 -0400, you wrote: Dear List, I am putting a new set of Steinway hammers shanks and flanges on= a 1901 model A grand. This piano is on an island off the coast= of Maine which is an hour ferry trip one way. This piano is= used by the Fox Island Concert Association and they will be= using this piano August 14 th for a solo concert. I will not= have much time to put these hammers on and get them regulated= and voiced for this concert. This is the first set of Steinway= hammers I have had to replace. I am looking for some help in= the preparation, regulation and voicing methods that you use on= these hammers and any methods that might speed up this job. A= step by step guide would be very helpful so that I don't make= any major mistakes that could waste time. I have done several= grand regulations, but I do not have much voicing experience and= none using lacquer and acetone. I was told by Kent Webb to use= 1part lacquer and 3 parts acetone and to soak the hammers= completely. If anyone has experince with this method or a= different method your help would be greatly appreciated. I do have the Steinway Technical Reference Guide, but I am= looking for more specific individual methods that you have= developed from experince with these hammers. I am afraid of getting these hammers too hard and have difficulty= voicing them. Thanks for your help. Arthur Chickering Associate Member Maine Chapter How many other sets of hammers have you installed? What condition= are the knuckles on this old piano? Are the centers sluggish. Are these stock bored? Will you require a custom bored set for= string height anomalies? Will the new hammer weight cause the touchweight to increase= beyond being comfortable? Off hand I'd say you're being overly optimistic and you may find= yourself in an abysmal pit of despair. My advise would be to= proceed cautiously and not replace the hammers at this time. Regards, Jon Page, piano technician Harwich Port, Cape Cod, Mass. mailto:jonpage@attbi.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/b5/86/03/15/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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