Butterflies! (spreading hammers)

[Farrell]

And so what did I run into tonight on an Aeolian/Chickering console with green monster hammers?????
A little thick CA and finger vice grips and about 10 or 15 minutes for about 15 offenders. A few were even the second gluing event - someone used some kind of dark brown glue previously - most are holding but a couple had let go. CA seems to work - I'll be curious to see how they hold up after five or ten years.

Terry Farrell
  
----- Original Message ----- 
From: <Wimblees@AOL.COM>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Monday, February 18, 2002 9:02 AM
Subject: Re: Butterflies! (spreading hammers)


> In a message dated 2/17/02 8:52:54 PM !!!First Boot!!!, calexste@yahoo.com 
> writes:
> 
> 
> > I'm working on a late 1980's era Baldwin spinet.  It seems to have been 
> > subjected to some excessive humidity at some point in its life, but is in 
> > pretty good shape.  Some of the hammers in the bass section have 
> > butterflied (there are no staples in these hammers).  My question is, short 
> > of removing the action, is there any efficient way to glue and clamp these 
> > back together?  (this piano belongs to my sister in-law, and I have limited 
> > time to work on it).  Preferred glues?
> >  
> > Thanks for any help!
> >  
> > -Court Stewart    
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> 
> Medium viscosity CA glue, and vice grips.
> 
> Wim 
>