hammer problems

[Howard S. Rosen]

Hi Jim,

I'm a little new at this CA stuff myself (a year), but I think it is really
marvelous. It has many applications for us. It's both effective and very
quick. I hope you don't wait for a loose hammer felt to try it. How do you
fix an odd loose keytop? By the time you mix some 5 minute epoxy, you could
CA 8 keytops. Broken shanks? Quick and effective. I had an ancient Steinway
with a few loose jack flanges. You know that after fixing them, others will
soon break. I took some of the thin CA that wicks well into wood joints,
and applied some to all the other jack flange joints as a preventive. Not
one has broken in 5 years.

Now they say that heat is not good for CA glue. We in Florida have very hot
trunks, so after a little time, I throw out what I have not used and just
buy some more at a hobby shop. For 5 bucks I get a bottle each of the thin
and medium. I have not yet tried the gap filling thick stuff yet. The
kicker is not affected by heat.There are dozens of other applications to
which I am sure other techs can attest. I urge you to look into this Jim.

Howard  

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> From: JIMRPT@aol.com
> To: RptBob1@aol.com; owner-pianotech@ptg.org; pianotech@ptg.org
> Subject: Re: hammer problems
> Date: Friday, October 03, 1997 7:41 AM
> 
> 
> In a message dated 10/3/97 6:11:06 AM, RptBob1@aol.com wrote:
> 
> CA Groupy Bob ;
>   Y'all done convinced me.  I gwan try that CA thingama stuff on the next
> floppy hammers I run into. 
>   If this stuff works as well as you and Howard say it does with fabric
and
> wood, does it work as well with fabric and metal?
>   You see Miami and FSU play this weekend, and there is this rather tall
> portly gentleman who sits in front of me, has for years.  He has the
habit of
> jumping up and waving his arms on every play.  I was thinking that I
could
> use some of the thick type CA and some kicker/accelerator.  When he jumps
up
> I could spread some thick stuff on the aluminum bleacher seat, squirt
some
> kicker on the seat of his pants and shazamm, problem solved, right?
>  Although, I 'have' been tempted for years to just use the kicker.
> Jim Bryant (FL)
> 
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