Why "anything but CA glue", Jim? Talk about a quick repair... CA glue, kicker and plier pressure and it's done in 6 seconds. (maybe 5 with practice). With anything but a good grand it should be easy to voice it equal to neighbors. ---------- > From: JIMRPT@aol.com > To: pianotech@ptg.org > Subject: Re: hammer problems > Date: Wednesday, October 01, 1997 6:50 PM > > James; > Stuff happens Huh? > I would trim the shanks before doing anything else. This will make you look > at every hammer and see if the felt is coming loose. while cutting and > inspecting, pull on each hammer in the back where the loose felt has happened > and try to seperate any that were coming loose and haven't already let go. > As for glue, almost anything but CA types I suppose. Titebond or hide glue > will work just fine. As for clamping on the smaller hammers use a small size > spring clamp, the shape of the jaws and cavity will fit around the hammer > just fine and hold an even pressure over a large area of felt. Bend the tips > just a tad if necessary. For larger hammers, use a larger spring clamp. If > you use titebond leave the clamps on for 24 hours and if you use hide > glue,for twelve hours. You can do it faster than this but you don't want to > take a chance on them coming loose again because of being in a hurry or lack > of patience, Huh? > This method works well, is fairly quick, and will salvage the hammers > involved, if not the tone, but they should be close enough on this instrument > to voice up or down as needed to blend them in. > Hope something here helps. > Jim Bryant (FL)
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