grand damper felt removal

[Farrell]

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!    I only say that because I know I would chew the damper
heads up with the chisel. If it works for you, hey, A-OK. However, soaking
them overnight will cause the damper felt to simply fall off.

Terry Farrell

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mark Dierauf" <pianotech@nhpianos.com>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Sunday, October 10, 2004 10:31 AM
Subject: RE: grand damper felt removal


>
> I clamp them in a vise one at a time, wire pointing up, and remove the
> felt with a very sharp chisel. Watch that you're working in the
> direction of the rising grain to avoid tearout. I find that I can easily
> get down to a clean, flat surface without removing anything but felt &
> glue in about 15 minutes.
>
> - Mark
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: pianolover 88 [mailto:pianolover88@hotmail.com]
> Sent: Saturday, October 09, 2004 11:50 PM
> To: pianotech@ptg.org
> Subject: grand damper felt removal
>
> replacing damper felts on a 1984 Yamaha G1. I would appreciate getting
> feedback on the best way to remove the old felts. I normally would steam
>
> them of or soak with hot water till they fall off. Then there is ungar
> heat
> gun, which is tricky; you dont want to burn the blocks. Another way i
> suppose would be a razor blade between the felt and block, then follow
> up
> with filing off remaining glue/felt. Any tried and true favorites?
>
> Terry Peterson
>
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