Lost my head

[Mike Kurta]

    Hi Guys;
    I'm the one who made and passed out those neat little wooden jigs for
bologna cutting the shanks.  If you want one, let me know, I'll include the
proper size soda straws as the clamp when gluing.
    Mike Kurta
----- Original Message -----
From: "John Ross" <jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca>
To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Wednesday, May 21, 2003 4:52 PM
Subject: Re: Lost my head


> Hi Alan,
> At one of the conventions I was at, some instructor gave to the members of
> the class, a simple jig, which made a neat repair.
> It was a piece of wood about 1 1/2 X 1 1/2 X 4", it had a hole thru the
> length that took the shank. A saw cut at an angle was cut through the
hole.
> The shank was put in and sawn through, then a hammer shank was put in, and
> sawn. The result was two pieces of shank with fitting angles cut. There
was
> also a screw to hold the main part secure, then you just glued it
together.
> It comes out strong and neat looking.
> My workshop is in kind of a disorganized state at the moment, or I would
> take a picture and post it.
> I hope my description makes sense.
> Regards,
>
> John M. Ross
> Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada
> jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <tune4u@earthlink.net>
> To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, May 21, 2003 11:41 AM
> Subject: Lost my head
>
>
> > This is just one of those aggravations ya don't need ...
> >
> > Pulled the action on a 1921 Geo. Steck grand and snapped the head off
one
> of
> > the hammers, breaking the shaft right at the head.
> >
> > Why? Because a stupid prop rail adjustment screw had gotten too low
> (turning
> > with vibrations?) and was holding the adjacent key down slightly.
%&#$*@&
> >
> > Questions:
> >
> > 1) This is just a simple system with a threaded shaft holding the prop
> > rail, one nut under it and the round prop nut above it. How can I keep
> that
> > lower nut from moving, short of gluing it to the screw?
> >
> > 2) Not having a replacement shaft (has Brambach-style knuckle), how
would
> > y'all go about fixing this head? Would like to avoid the "sewing thread
> > splint with giant blob of epoxy" fix that I've seen in other pianos!
> >
> > Alan Barnard
> > Salem, MO
> >
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