[pianotech] hammer removal

[paul bruesch]

Assuming it's actually hide glue...
Heat AND moisture? You could drill a small hole into the shank at an angle
from the butt, moisten, warm the bottom of shank (just above the butt) with
a lighter or alcohol lamp.

Paul Bruesch
Stillwater, MN

On Sat, Oct 1, 2011 at 3:01 PM, Ed Carwithen <edwcarw at yahoo.com> wrote:

>    I need to replace the hammers on an upright piano.  Schaff wants the
> sample hammers with the shaft attached.  No matter what kind of solvent I
> have tried the shaft stays fimly in the butt, and comes out of the hammer.
> Yes, I am using the right hammer/butt extractor.  Yes, I have removed the
> glue collar around the shaft on the butt end.  I have tried the wall paper
> paste solvent, glue remover and acetone.  No cigar!  What will actually
> dissolve the old glue?  Any Ideas?????
>
> Ed Carwithen
> John Day, OR
>
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