Reglue Butt Leather

[Robin Stevens]

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 Terry...Undo the tapes and support the action at 45 degrees. Then dab ea=
ch
Butt leather with boiling water using a small paint brush. Don't apply it
like I read from someone on this list, who applied CA glue and had it
running everwhere!!!.... Repeat painting with boiling water two or three
times and the leather should just about fall off. I thought of steam, but=
 I
think the escaping steam close to other parts could be a problem.=0D
I normally remove the hammers and holding about 10 Butts with my thumb an=
d
third fingers making sure that the tapes are also being held out of the w=
ay
I then suspend the butt leather just on top of boiling water in a saucepa=
n
for as long as it takes to wet the leathers. No more than 2-3 seconds.=0D
It takes about 10-15 minutes to do a full set twice. Most of the leathers
just drop off into the boiling water=0D
  ...Just another thought...how are you going to manage cutting the leath=
er
to the right width if you don't own a guillotine? =0D
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Robin Stevens ARPT=0D
South Australia =0D
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From: Pianotech=0D
Date: 09/30/05 05:51:31=0D
To: pianotech@ptg.org=0D
Subject: Reglue Butt Leather=0D
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I'm looking for opinions on how much time should be required to re-glue 8=
8
hammer butt leathers on a Winter spinet (don't ask - family heirloom).=0D
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Also, can this be done without removing the hammer butts from the rail (I
can't imagine how....)?=0D
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Interesting (and crappy) piano - 1949, aluminum plate (Alcoa), independan=
t
lyre, fancy case - this one is in good original condition.=0D
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Thanks.=0D
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Terry Farrell=0D
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