Another glue into the mix..

[Farrell]

I did the same thing with my shank extractor, but then the end that presses into the shank tends to do a little dance on the hammer moulding. Somewhere there should be a good compromise.

Terry Farrell
  
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jon Page" <jonpage@attbi.com>
To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Friday, October 18, 2002 6:35 AM
Subject: Re: Another glue into the mix..


> 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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