At 07:19 AM 11/19/98 -0500, you wrote: >Jay Mercier wrote: >> >> Is there any trick of the trade when realigning hammers after a hammer >> shank breaks? I recently fixed a broken hammer shank, eyeballed the >> alignment, glued the two parts back together and what do you know, the >> hammer was only hitting the left two unisons instead of all three. A >> blow to my self-esteem. Also, the piano had brass flanges. >> >> Is this a hit and miss situation? > >My response assumes a vertical piano with round shanks. It sounds like >you reused the old hammer shank. For situations where I choose to do >this, I keep on hand a supply of plastic soda straws in different sizes >(yes, they're used, from when I buy softdrinks, and different stores DO >have different sizes!). You don't even have to remove the hammer butt >from the piano; just slip a piece of straw over the broken shank, glue >at the break on the hammer part and push them together until they're >snug. I've never had hammer alignment problems using this method. >Clyde Hollinger > > Another user for that dental floss you carry in your tool case. Wrap it around that diagonal split. Jon Page Harwich Port, Cape Cod, Mass. (jpage@capecod.net) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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