Hi Oleg, That water trick might also help when applying hot hide glue? Joe Goss imatunr@srvinet.com www.mothergoosetools.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Isaac OLEG" <oleg-i@wanadoo.fr> To: "Gordon Holley" <gholley@hi-techhousing.com>; "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: Thursday, July 10, 2003 4:35 PM Subject: RE: simple useful tip ! > Hi Gordon, > We have to make this on some ancient French pianos (or German too) > where the rollers are more knuckles, or for some vertical. > > I usually send the job to be done elsewhere, in Paris or in Germany, > and the water trick is what they use, indeed that allow to tense > easely leather or felt, then the gluing is easy. > > I believe the leather can be thinned in a little drum sander with a > thickness guide, aint a difficult setup but you need a bench drill > press or something to hold the drum on a board (did not do that myself > actually) > > > > If the parts can have new rollers, of course Ill go that way (with > shanks as well. > BTW are the US Steinway rollers difficult to remove, with the leather > glued at the base on the shank ? > > When learning the job, every part was refurbished, new felts, new > centers, often new leathers. > These days we take new parts, the result is better most often ! > > Greetings. > > Isaac OLEG > > Entretien et reparation de pianos. > > PianoTech > 17 rue de Choisy > 94400 VITRY sur SEINE > FRANCE > tel : 033 01 47 18 06 98 > fax : 033 01 47 18 06 90 > cell: 06 60 42 58 77 > > > -----Message d'origine----- > > De : Gordon Holley [mailto:gholley@hi-techhousing.com] > > Envoye : jeudi 10 juillet 2003 23:46 > > A : oleg-i@wanadoo.fr; Pianotech > > Objet : Re: simple useful tip ! > > > > > > Now you tell me. I just finished putting new buckskin on > > 88 Kimball > > style knuckles, for an old Farrand Grand. And that wasn't any fun > > either. The sheet of buckskin had a variance in thickness > > enough to > > make some of the knuckles big fat and ugly. Ended up replacing the > > first buckskin on 2 dozen knuckles with a second try. > > Joe Garrett tells me that he has a method of leveling out the > > thickness of the sheet, don't have the details on the process. > > I do know one thing, I'll never replace buckskin on knuckles again, > > I'll replace the shanks/knuckles and new hammers. Yes, I > > know there > > is somewhat a difference in the costs between the two. > > I spent more time on it and I'm still not satisfied with > > the results. > > The new knuckles made the regulation a nightmare. > > Another vodka tonic please. > > Regards, Gordon Holley > > Associate Member, Indiana Chapter 467 > > Goshen, Indiana > > On 10 Jul 2003 at 14:34, Isaac OLEG wrote: > > > > > Dear friends, > > > > > > > > > I can resist giving you the little tip there. > > > > > > For the ones that regularely glue new leather on > > backchecks, new felt > > > on whippens, may be new leather or knuckles/roller sometime, the > > > magician trick is to use a drop of water on the > > felt/leather, so you > > > can glue easely with a little tension, then when the glue > > sets and the > > > part get dry the tensionning became perfect. > > > > > > I will offer soon little bottles of that water for a very > > reasonnable > > > price. > > > > > > More than useful, an old method rediscovered ! > > > > > > Greetings. > > > > > > > > > Isaac OLEG > > > > > > Entretien et reparation de pianos. > > > > > > PianoTech > > > 17 rue de Choisy > > > 94400 VITRY sur SEINE > > > FRANCE > > > tel : 033 01 47 18 06 98 > > > fax : 033 01 47 18 06 90 > > > cell: 06 60 42 58 77 > > > > > > > -----Message d'origine----- > > > > De : pianotech-bounces@ptg.org > > > > [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org]De la > > > > part de Clyde Hollinger > > > > Envoye : jeudi 10 juillet 2003 13:01 > > > > A : Pianotech > > > > Objet : Re: OT -- Telemarketing > > > > > > > > > > > > Stephen, > > > > > > > > I didn't know "virtually NO popups" means one or two a month. > > > > > > > > Regards, > > > > Clyde > > > > > > > > Stephen Airy wrote: > > > > > > > > > I can also testify to the virtues of Mozilla. I am using > > > > it, and I get > > > > > virtually NO popups, or maybe one or two a month. > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > pianotech list info: > https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives > > > > _______________________________________________ > pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives
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