Actually, I just "reconstituted" a set of very flat knuckles on a 70's Yamaha with a thorough scrubbing with naptha and a little brass brush . It brought them right back and made a very, very nice improvement to the "touch". Thump --- tune4u@earthlink.net wrote: > 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 > > _______________________________________________ > pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Search - Faster. Easier. Bingo. http://search.yahoo.com
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