[pianotech] hammer heads unglued

[tnrwim at aol.com]

I have a church client with a bunch of Baldwin Hamiltons.  I’m replacing hammers on at least one with virtually all hammer felts ungled from the moldings.    If the heads have not actually come loose (as on another piano) can I some how prevent the hammers from separating?    (The church has significant humidity problems, and I’m putting damppchasers in all their uprights which are in areas where humidity is a real problem.)
 
Thanks
Les bartlett


There is no way of solving this problem. It's kind of trying to keep plastic elbows from cracking. You know it's going to happen, but there is nothing that be done to prevent it. 

Wim 






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From: Leslie Bartlett <l-bartlett at sbcglobal.net>
To: pianotech <pianotech at ptg.org>
Sent: Mon, Jul 26, 2010 6:16 pm
Subject: [pianotech] hammer heads unglued



I have a church client with a bunch of Baldwin Hamiltons.  I’m replacing hammers on at least one with virtually all hammer felts ungled from the moldings.    If the heads have not actually come loose (as on another piano) can I some how prevent the hammers from separating?    (The church has significant humidity problems, and I’m putting damppchasers in all their uprights which are in areas where humidity is a real problem.)
 
Thanks
Les bartlett

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