[CAUT] vertical hammers

[Alan McCoy]

Leslie,

This is probably a bit late (only working 2 - 10s this summer) but for what
it's worth: I think it is an exceedingly bad idea (a false economy) to put
new hammers on 100 year old shanks. The butt buckskin and underfelt will
need replacing, all springs will need replacing. It goes on and on. One
hundred year old action parts all need to be replaced. Period. Sounds a bit
dogmatic, I admit, but I would not do that job unless the client agreed to
complete part replacement. It's actually cheaper to replace a set of wips
(or butts or dampers) than recondition a set, unless of course you work for
minimum wage. 

Just MHO.

Alan


-- Alan McCoy, RPT
Eastern Washington University
amccoy@mail.ewu.edu
509-359-4627


> From: Leslie Bartlett <l-bartlett@sbcglobal.net>
> Reply-To: <l-bartlett@sbcglobal.net>, "College and University Technicians
> <caut@ptg.org>" <caut@ptg.org>
> Date: Thu, 14 Jul 2005 18:55:11 -0500
> To: <CAUT@ptg.org>
> Subject: [CAUT] vertical hammers
> 
> I think that it probably is going to be in the piano unless the guy who will
> be stringing takes months. I'm doing the work in the lady's house. Not my
> first choice, but she's not far from here, is very inquisitive, so best to
> be able to show her why she is spending a bundle of money. Of course I'm not
> replacing EVERYTHING, so the job will never be "all done".  But I think I
> can bring it back to where it is a pleasure to play. Thanks for feedback.
> les bartlett
> 
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