In a message dated 12/21/97 12:24:18 AM, you wrote: << The Yamahas that have been treated in this manner I just replace with prehung shanks. One of many reasons is that I wish to maintain their standards with regards to hammer/shank fit>> Rodger, Thanks for your reply, I now see that you do have a lot of experience. But how many of those grands are saturated with CA? I doubt that many to be annoying. Especially, if they are Yamaha Grands. I take care of over 90 Yamaha grands. They tend to be troublesome with hammer clicks from time to time. I replace on the average 20 sets of various makes a year. Of those, I usually replace the shanks ande flanges as well. In a commercial situation I find I get a better result by replacing the assembly. Additionally, Yamaha pricing makes the replacement almost silly not to replace them with the assembly. It would be a waste of my clients time and money to replace just the hammers. Therefore, my solution to use CA glue is justified and less troublesome than it sounds for yourself. Merry Christmas.
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