At 10:13 PM 10/17/2002 -0700, you wrote: >At 08:54 PM 10/17/2002 -0400, you wrote: >>At 04:34 PM 10/17/2002 -0700, you wrote: >><snp>but I'll use fresh hot hide next time I put on grand hammers. >>>Susan >> >>PVA is a lot easier and does the job. >>Regards, >> >>Jon Page, piano technician >>Harwich Port, Cape Cod, Mass. >>mailto:jonpage@attbi.com >>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > >Thanks, Jon -- but how is it if you want to >remove the hammers and reuse the shanks? > >Susan I've had no problem when it was necessary to reset a few hammers when they were too far tipped to be burned-in. But even on actions which are a few years old, the heads come off. I modified my Hammer Removing Pliers by filing the small bump off the shank. The bump would press into the shank and expand it. I found this to be most of the problem when trying to get the hammer off the shanks, not the glue joint. Regards, Jon Page, piano technician Harwich Port, Cape Cod, Mass. mailto:jonpage@attbi.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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