Hammer fluff fallout

[David Love]

When filing indoors I have it running the whole time.  If the hammers only
need a light filing, then I just do it by just sliding the action out onto
my lap with the vacuum running and the hose end positioned near to where I
am filing.  When I'm outdoors, I don't always use the vacuum in the same
way.  I carry this small Eureka Mighty Mite in the car that has very strong
suction but is small and light to carry with a long enough hose that you
can reach the interior of the piano without having to pick it up.  The
noise is manageable.  Unfortunately, any vacuum with good suction will be a
bit noisy.  

David Love
davidlovepianos@earthlink.net


> [Original Message]
> From: Dave Davis <davistunes@yahoo.com>
> To: Pianotech <pianotech@ptg.org>
> Date: 10/7/2003 7:11:22 AM
> Subject: Hammer fluff fallout
>
> David,
> Thanks for the response.  I have the grand action part
> figured out, I do the same as you in padding the
> bench.  I also carry the 4-leg action cradle in the
> car.
>
> So the vacuum is running during most of the time
> you're filing?  Maybe I should consider a quieter
> model.
>
> I've gotten "stuck" twice reshaping hammers on the
> front porch floor, not fun.
>
> Dave Davis
> Renton, WA
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "David Love" <davidlovepianos@earthlink.net>
>
> > Even then I usually have a vacuum and lay the hose
> along the shanks 
> so
> that
> > the hose end is in close proximity to where I am
> filing.  That tends 
> to
> > draw some of the airborn debris into the vacuum. 
> Cover the wippens 
> with a
> > sheet of felt before filing btw.  With upright
> actions I generally 
> find
> > that there is somewhere to set the action outside: a
> barbecue table 
> or
> > something.  I prefer to file upright hammers with
> the action laying 
> on its
> > back.  Easier access and the filings don't fall down
> in to the 
> action.  If
> > you don't carry an action cradle (which isn't a bad
> idea if you 
> anticipate
> > filing--the one with four individual legs is much
> more compact), you 
> can
> > often lay the action back on a moving blanket
> doubled up so as not to
> > stress or bend the back check wires.  If it must be
> done in the house 
> I
> > again try to position the hose of the vacuum near
> where I am filing.  
> It
> > tends to draw the air toward it and the dust along
> with it.  When you 
> are
> > done vacuum around the piano for any residual
> fallout.
> >
> > David Love
> > davidlovepianos@earthlink.net
> >
>
>
>
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