Refelting hammers...clamp type clothes pins idea

[Dave Doremus]

On 6/8/06, KeyKat88 at aol.com quoth:

>Greetings,
>
>         Regluing unravelling hammer felts, I use 
>clamp clothes pins to hold the felt on while the 
>glue dries.

I have used clothes pins on layered leather 
fortepiano hammers, I prefer a stronger spring 
clamp for felt, and a clothes pin simply wont 
reach around a tenor hammer even in a spinet. I 
got the idea, from Susan Kline?, of using a thin 
spread of white glue and a thin spread of super 
glue on either side, the white glue acts as an 
accelerator and reduces clamping time. I actually 
did this to about 25 hammers on a Wurly spinet in 
December and the mother has called to thank me 
several times. Of course my first reaction was to 
replace all hammers which would exceed the value 
of the, beat up, piano. When I heard her story of 
her parents staying with them after losing 
everything in Plaquemines Parish and their 
daughters medical problems I figured any cheaper 
solution was worth trying and this one worked out 
well. They dont always! I think Terry Farrells 
idea of simply gluing on to the strike point is 
brilliantly simple, if the joint holds. One of 
those duh moments.
-- 
----Dave

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Dave Doremus, RPT
New Orleans
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