Refelting hammers...clamp type clothes pins idea

[Avery]

Terry,

At 06:47 AM 6/8/2006, you wrote:
>I have done this a number of times on old uprights and crummy little 
>spinets, etc. However, I simply spray one surface with accelerator 
>and apply thick CA glue to the other surface and hold with fingers 
>for maybe ten seconds and move on to the next one. That way I can do 
>the 200-cent pitch raise and tuning right away at the same appointment.

Just one more reason it's nice to be a university tech! No 200 cent 
pitch raises!  :-D

Avery

>No need to wait for glue to dry or to have the piano owner removing 
>clothes pins!
>
>Terry Farrell
>----- Original Message -----
>         Regluing unravelling hammer felts, I use clamp clothes pins 
> to hold the felt on while the glue dries. Also, I always carry 
> about 15 of them in my tool kit. When I do this on a customer's old 
> piano (the key word here is old, (or spinet) as I don't think I 
> would reglue unravelling hammer felt on an expensive high end piano 
> via clothes pins), I dont have time to watch the glue dry. I just 
> instruct the customer to gently remove the clothes pins the next 
> day and they can keep the pins for keeping music books open or 
> something. I deduct the clothes pins as a business supply.
>
>Julia
>Reading PA
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