> From: "pianoman" <pianoman@inlink.com> > To: <pianotech@ptg.org> > Subject: hammer problems > Date: Wed, 1 Oct 1997 16:40:56 -0500 > Reply-to: pianotech@ptg.org I would check the other hammers by twisting the felt a bit to see if they are ready to give way, which is likely. If the rest of set is OK I would move the hammer, shanks & flanges over to fill in the bad spots. Then use treble hammers to fill in the top. You will probably need to hang a new set of hammers. I would call the other tech and see whose hammers those are. I would try calling the manufacturer and see what they might offer. David ilvedson, RPT Pacifica, CA > Dear list, > Just came back from a client that I just tuned for last Friday. (Howard > Gr). I have been tuning for them since January ,1990. On Saturday I got a > call from them saying that 1 note was not working. Got there today and > pulled the action. 3 hammers have unglued felt from the striking point to > the back tail. The unglued felt was catching on the damper wire so that > was why the note wasn't working. The person who replaced the hammers for > them (just before 1990) is a tuner-tech-friend-competitor. The hammers > were replaced but not the shanks. Where the shank comes through the hammer > tail has not been filed flush with the tails. I am surprised the > backchecks had not worn through. This person has always done high quality > work so I'm not sure if he actually did the work or paid someone else to do > it. Anyway I told them that this length of time would be passed any type > of guarantee. I have already told them (an elderly couple) that the tone > quality on these 3 notes would not be matching the surrounding notes. > Question 1. What glue would you use to glue these hammers back together? > Question 2. Any ideas on clamping these hammers back together in a > workmanlike manner? > Question 3. I told them that probably there may be more coming loose in > the future and not to be surprised. They look like Schaff's Standard > Hammers (red inner reinforcing no outer reinforcing and small staples in > top and bottom.) Am I wrong? > I will wait till the weekend to decide on the course of action. Thank you > in advance for your thoughts. > James Grebe > R.P.T. from St. Louis > pianoman@inlink.com > "Do it because it is right" > >
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