Todd How are the shanks broken?? If they are along the grain, in the middle of the shank, instead of replacing it, you can use a plastic straw as a splint. Not all straws are the same diameter, so look around. I know that McDonald straws are too fat. If it's a clean break, and there is enough shank to grab a hold of, you should try to remove the shank from the butt and/or the hammer using a shank extractor, as found in the catalogues.? If the break is aright at the butt,?sometimes it's easier to?just replace it, instead of trying to drill it out.?If the break is right at the hammer,?you need to?drill the shank out of the hammer, and you will need the right angle for the bass and low treble hammers. To get the right angle, you can do this using a hammer next to it.? You should learn to remove the shank from the butt and the hammer, as this is one of the repairs you have to make on the RPT exam. ? Willem (Wim) Blees, RPT Piano Tuner/Technician Mililani, Oahu, HI 808-349-2943 Author of: The Business of Piano Tuning available from Potter Press www.pianotuning.com -----Original Message----- From: Matthew Todd <toddpianoworks at att.net> To: pianotech at ptg.org Sent: Wed, 21 Jan 2009 11:37 am Subject: [pianotech] Broken Hammer Shanks I went to service an old player upright today.? There are two broken hammer shanks, which I took with me. ? This will be my first go at angle boring, since one of the hammers is in the bass. ? I should have everything to do this project, but could I get some e-mails on some suggestions, etc? ? Thanks a lot! TODD PIANO WORKS Matthew Todd, Piano Technician (979) 248-9578 http://www.toddpianoworks.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech_ptg.org/attachments/20090121/93a83dcb/attachment-0001.html>
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