Knuckle removal

[Greg Newell]

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Tom,
         I've removed knuckles in the past by simply zipping them off with=
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the band saw. Once their off you can turn the shank on it's side and finish=
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the removal with ... you guessed it ... the band saw. This provides a clean=
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job and allows me to keep the size of the original mortise which is the=20
best fit for the new knuckles. I've had to do occasional clean up of the=20
mortise with a razor blade of my pocket knife but usually just the band saw=
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was needed.
         That having been said, I think it's much more expedient to hang=20
the hammers on new shanks. Price it out and you'll see that with your time=
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spent and the additional benefit of straight shanks and a new action center=
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you're much better off.

Greg Newell


At 02:13 AM 2/24/2004, you wrote:

>List,
>             I=92ll be replacing knuckles soon on an older Steinway and am=
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> considering the removal tool offered by pianotek . It seems reasonably=20
> priced and I wondered if anybody has used it or can offer any other=20
> suggestions for removing knuckles.
>             Thanks,
>             Tom Driscoll
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>P.S. This action plays reasonably well even before clean-prep -regulate=20
>etc. So I =91m planning on just matching the original size with Abel=20
>knuckles. Thoughts?
>             Tom Driscoll
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Greg Newell
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