I've used clamps, vice grips, wire ties with wood glue and CA glue. Finally, the last job I did seems to be the best so far. It was a Baldwin studio with about 20 hammers half separated. I removed the action, put it in the action cradle on a table, then proceeded one by one to apply the medium thick CA glue to both surfaces. Then I would grab it tight with vice grips (with curved jaws) to close the opening, being sure it aligned properly. Then I sprayed it with the activator and held it tight for a full minute. When I released pressure, each one held. Afterwards, I applied a few drops of thin CA glue to the hammers that had NOT separated yet to hopefully prevent them from separating. Whenever working with CA glue on a big project like this or applying to tuning pins, I always have a fan blowing. But sometimes my eyes still burn. A FINE TUNE - Piano Tuning & Repairs Wallace T. Scherer, piano technician, music educator Serving professional and amateur musicians since 1979 5020 Canal Drive, Lake Worth, Florida, 33463-8014 Telephone: 561-432-4121 Web page: http://aftune.angelfire.com ------------------------------------------------ FREE TICKETS: http://aftune.angelfire.com/freetics.html --- On Sat, 2/4/12, David Weiss <davidweiss at embarqmail.com> wrote: > From: David Weiss <davidweiss at embarqmail.com> > Subject: Re: [pianotech] re-gluing loose hammer felt > To: pianotech at ptg.org > Date: Saturday, February 4, 2012, 4:21 PM > A good way to clamp them is with > cable ties left over from Dampp Chaser > installations. Very secure and no cost. Here's a few > photos. > > David Weiss > > -----Original Message----- > From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org > [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] > On Behalf > Of Ron Nossaman > Sent: Saturday, February 04, 2012 3:30 PM > To: pianotech at ptg.org > Subject: Re: [pianotech] re-gluing loose hammer felt > > On 2/4/2012 1:47 PM, Tom Gorley wrote: > > About 6 months ago a tuner put us on to clamps that > work perfectly for > > this job. I wish I could remember who, so I can give > him credit. > > Here is the website of the Garrett Wade Company and the > correct page. > > > > http://www.garrettwade.com/ratchet-lock-spring-clamps/p/05R04.01/ > > > Sorry, I don't remember who it was either but as long as > we're in the > Garrett Wade catalog looking at clamps, at $6 each for ten, > these are the > best F clamp bargain there is. Not much good for hammer > felt, but I have 20 > of them on a new vertically laminated bridge root in the > shop and I really > like them. > > http://www.garrettwade.com/inexpensive-hd-12-fast-acting-clamps/p/05R08.01/ > > Ron N >
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