[CAUT] vertical hammers

[Chris Solliday]

I do concur. Unless of course you lower your standards or perhaps better
said, shoot for a limited improvement. Otherwise working on uprights in
general is rarely cost effective. Chris Solliday
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Alan McCoy" <amccoy@mail.ewu.edu>
To: <caut@ptg.org>
Sent: Tuesday, July 19, 2005 12:40 PM
Subject: Re: [CAUT] vertical hammers


> 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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