A first/broken molding

Clyde Hollinger cedel@supernet.com
Thu, 20 Mar 2003 17:48:41 -0500


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Dave,

Saw it once on an old piano, I think, high treble.  CA glued it back
together, and although I don't remember which piano it was, I assume
it's still holding.

Regards,
Clyde

Piannaman@aol.com wrote:

> List,
>
> After tuning thousandss of pianos over the last couple of decades, I
> had an experience yesterday that was a first for me.  It was a brand
> new upright piano, a brand new model manufactured in the southeastern
> US. I was tuning the in the mid-treble when the D-66 hammer snapped.
> No, not the shank.  The hammer snapped right at the beginning of the
> felt where it tapers onto the molding.
>
> I admit to pounding fairly hard when I tune, and perhaps my pending
> divorce had something to do with the ferocity of the blow(:-), but
> this was a new one on me.  Anyone else ever seen this?
>
> Dave Stahl

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