You wrote: >...one dealer in town has a vertical and the >hammers are coming loose at the *top*. ..the question is what kind of glue to use?.. Phil, Put the action in a cradle and turn it upside down. Using yellow glue (Titebond) in a veternarian's syringe with a curved tip, apply a new glue collar around each hammer/shank union. The whole procedure should take less than 30 minutes. Addressing a similar problem on a piano still under warrantee, the manufacturer instructed me to use thin viscosity CA glue. Because I may be the one changing the hammers some day, I think yellow glue is a better choice. Good luck. Jerry Gravina, RPT Babylon, NY
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