[pianotech] First hammer job - considerations

[Ed Sutton]

Comprehensive knowledge of hammer replacement for vertical pianos is quite complicated. For example, you can replace just the hammers, or the hammers and shanks, or the hammers, shanks and butts, or the hammers, shanks, butts and flanges. There are several different kinds of butts and flanges, some very easy to work with, such as the ones with the butt plates at the center pin. Loosen the plate and the butt comes free of the flange, which can stay on the rail.

Julia should be aware that a simple hammer replacement on a U-3 is just the first step. Another piano might need a different approach. See Spurlock's site, and search back issues of the Journal or get the reprint books.

Ed S.

(Again I apologize for the blank posts. Windows Vista has unpredictable slowdowns. The reply and send buttons come up in the same place. Just when it seems the program has slowed down, I click on reply, which changes to send just in time to send a blank message.)
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Michael Magness 
  To: pianotech at ptg.org 
  Sent: Friday, March 06, 2009 5:07 PM
  Subject: Re: [pianotech] First hammer job - considerations





  On Fri, Mar 6, 2009 at 1:24 PM, <reggaepass at aol.com> wrote:

    Right you are, Mike.  After hitting "send", I realized that I was responding to a single post out of the context of the entire thread, making my post irrelevant to uprights (at least, those without knuckles <G>).  Thanks for helping keep me honest! 


    Alan Eder 



    -----Original Message-----
    From: Mike Spalding <mike.spalding1 at verizon.net>
    To: pianotech at ptg.org

    Sent: Fri, 6 Mar 2009 10:59 am
    Subject: Re: [pianotech] First hammer job - considerations


    But the U-1 is an extraordinary piano - it has never worn out a single knuckle! <G> 
     
    reggaepass at aol.com wrote: 
    > 
    > Also, in my experience, knuckles that have been in service long enough > for their respective hammers to have worn out need replacing. > 
     



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  Hi Julia,

  I think you have the right idea and I Ed gave you some good advice. You can find some of the tools you'll need along with some great how-to's at spurlocktools.com and the hammer boring jig from Renner.

  Mike

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  Michael Magness
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