Greg, how do you get a good alignment in deep and placement of the mortise? This is of primal importance for regulation (to the point I unglue some rollers to get them more consistent sometime) I afree new parts are actuallty very accurate (was not always the case ) and a better choice, but still new rollers can be necessary sometime (graphite). Isaac OLEG >>Tom, >> I've removed knuckles in the past by simply >>zipping them off with >>the band saw. Once their off you can turn the shank on >>it's side and finish >>the removal with ... you guessed it ... the band saw. >>This provides a clean >>job and allows me to keep the size of the original >>mortise which is the >>best fit for the new knuckles. I've had to do occasional >>clean up of the >>mortise with a razor blade of my pocket knife but usually >>just the band saw >>was needed. >> That having been said, I think it's much more >>expedient to hang >>the hammers on new shanks. Price it out and you'll see >>that with your time >>spent and the additional benefit of straight shanks and a >>new action center >>you're much better off. >> >>Greg Newell >> >> >>At 02:13 AM 2/24/2004, you wrote: >> >>>List, >>> I’ll be replacing knuckles soon on an older >>Steinway and am >>> considering the removal tool offered by pianotek . It >>seems reasonably >>> priced and I wondered if anybody has used it or can >>offer any other >>> suggestions for removing knuckles. >>> Thanks, >>> Tom Driscoll >>> >>>P.S. This action plays reasonably well even before >>clean-prep -regulate >>>etc. So I ‘m planning on just matching the original size >>with Abel >>>knuckles. Thoughts? >>> Tom Driscoll >>> >>>--- >>>Incoming mail is certified Virus Free. >>>Checked by AVG anti-virus system >>(http://www.grisoft.com). >>>Version: 6.0.588 / Virus Database: 372 - Release Date: >>2/13/2004 >> >>Greg Newell >>Greg's piano Forté >>mailto:gnewell@ameritech.net >>
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