elbow job

[Avery]

I agree with Terry. Take it to your shop. That way you don't have to 
worry about lying on your back wearing goggles! :-D
Besides, it's easier with the action out of the piano! And maybe you 
can talk the customer into having those damper flanges replaced while 
you're at it.

Avery Todd

At 10:11 PM 1/5/2007, you wrote:
>If you'll go to 
><http://www.ptg.org/newsletters/631/2006/07.pdf>http://www.ptg.org/newsletters/631/2006/07.pdf 
>you'll see a brief article with pictures and a discussion on making 
>this job quick and (relatively) easy.
>
>I, too, use straight forcips and sometimes a small pair of 
>curved-blade needle-nosed pliers to snip the remains after first 
>using regular pliers (or fingers) to break any elbows not already broken.
>
>One further thing: When you are lying on the floor--looking up--to 
>clean those whippens, it is a FANTASTIC idea to wear eye protection!
>
>And, by the way, those damper flanges are doomed, sooner rather than later.
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: piannaman at aol.com
>Sent: Jan 5, 2007 9:28 PM
>To: pianotech at ptg.org
>Subject: elbow job
>
>  Liszt,
>
>I did an elbow job today on an old Sohmer 32 spinet.  I was 
>surprised at the quality of the piano, and it seems to me that 
>Sohmer wasn't necessarily trying to cut the overhead with the 
>plastic they used, because the rest of the instrument is quite well 
>made.  Unfortunately, the damper flanges have are made of the same 
>ivory colored plastic.  Fortunately, they don't get the same impact as elbows.
>
>The customers had the Beatles White Album on at my request as I 
>worked, which helped quite a bit.  Took about 4 hours.  Straight 
>forceps are really the thing to dig out broken plastic and bushings 
>from the wippens, IMHO.  I thought I was moving along pretty well, 
>but 4 hours seemed a bit long.  Then I thought, "88 elbows to break 
>off, wips to clean out, threads to clean out and lube, new elbows to 
>clip in place, and buttons to regulate."  This was the 3rd or 4th 
>elbow job I've ever done.
>
>I'm just curious how long this job takes some of you who have done 
>it more frequently.
>
>Dave Stahl
>http://dstahlpiano.net/
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