[pianotech] hammer removal

[Bruce Browning]

A recent posting on this list showed a woman in a piano factory removing
shaft from butt with an electric hair straightening tongs. Try it. Magic!!


On 2 October 2011 07:01, 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
>



-- 
Bruce Browning
The Piano Tuner
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