Lost my head

[Joe And Penny Goss]

Hi John,
What you describe is sort of like a 45 or  60% miter box
with 1 or 2 thumb screws to hold the shank while being sawed.
Joe Goss
imatunr@srvinet.com
www.mothergoosetools.com
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Ross" <jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca>
To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Wednesday, May 21, 2003 2:52 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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