Seems like new hammers in a nice grand deserve new knuckles. Surprising they put the new hammers on old shanks if the knuckles were bad. Can they be treated with steam and/or needles? Bolstered w/yarn? How 'bout a can of Fix-a-Flat? Schaff sells whole knuckle assemblies for about $80. Considering how much less labor replacing these vs. recovering the old ones would be ... maybe you nee to put on your salesman's hat. Check out https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/1996-November/010818.html and https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/1998-August/035446.html Alan Barnard Salem, MO -----Original Message----- From: pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org]On Behalf Of gordon stelter Sent: Tuesday, May 06, 2003 9:18 PM To: Pianotech Subject: How do I remove knuckles, cleanly? Knuckle recovering. I may be getting in a Conover grand with a good set of new hammers, but utterly flat knuckles ( Authentic 1915 vintage ). Can anyone recommend a recipe for removing them for replacement or recovering, without breaking the shanks or the knuckle cores? And must they be removed for recovering? Your comments would be most sincerely appreciated. Thanks! Thump __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Search - Faster. Easier. Bingo. http://search.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives
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