Hammer felt unglued from molding

[Dan M. Hallett, Jr.]

Dear Clyde:

Hot Glue from a glue gun works well, too.

Dan Hallett, Jr.

Clyde Hollinger wrote:
> 
> Friends:
> 
> Periodically I come across a cheap console or spinet where the hammer
> felt has come unglued from the molding.  It happened again today.  When
> I first opened the lid of the piano I saw how the last piano tuner dealt
> with the problem.  I wondered how long it took for him, after he reglued
> the felt, to get that thick thread tied tight enough to hold the hammer
> together for those 5-6 hammers until the glue dried.
> 
> The method I use may not be for everyone and is probably not original
> with me.  I put some of Ed Dryburgh's thick CA glue on the felt and
> squeeze the hammer so I can see if I have enough glue and to get it on
> both surfaces.  I let it pop apart, give it a squirt of accelerator,
> then immediately clamp it with my fingers and hold maybe 15-20 seconds.
> Done.
> 
> Plusses:  fast, works.  So far I haven't had one of these glue joints
> fail.  Minuses:  got to have the felt positioned right the first time,
> got to have strong fingers, getting your fingers glued to the hammers!
> But if anyone is still trying to tie thread around the hammers, you
> might want to give this a try.  If you glue yourself to the piano,
> remember, I warned you!  :-)
> 
> Clyde Hollinger, RPT
> Lititz, PA