Hi Alan, At one of the conventions I was at, some instructor gave to the members of the class, a simple jig, which made a neat repair. It was a piece of wood about 1 1/2 X 1 1/2 X 4", it had a hole thru the length that took the shank. A saw cut at an angle was cut through the hole. The shank was put in and sawn through, then a hammer shank was put in, and sawn. The result was two pieces of shank with fitting angles cut. There was also a screw to hold the main part secure, then you just glued it together. It comes out strong and neat looking. My workshop is in kind of a disorganized state at the moment, or I would take a picture and post it. I hope my description makes sense. Regards, John M. Ross Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca ----- Original Message ----- From: <tune4u@earthlink.net> To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: Wednesday, May 21, 2003 11:41 AM Subject: Lost my head > This is just one of those aggravations ya don't need ... > > Pulled the action on a 1921 Geo. Steck grand and snapped the head off one of > the hammers, breaking the shaft right at the head. > > Why? Because a stupid prop rail adjustment screw had gotten too low (turning > with vibrations?) and was holding the adjacent key down slightly. %&#$*@& > > Questions: > > 1) This is just a simple system with a threaded shaft holding the prop > rail, one nut under it and the round prop nut above it. How can I keep that > lower nut from moving, short of gluing it to the screw? > > 2) Not having a replacement shaft (has Brambach-style knuckle), how would > y'all go about fixing this head? Would like to avoid the "sewing thread > splint with giant blob of epoxy" fix that I've seen in other pianos! > > Alan Barnard > Salem, MO > > _______________________________________________ > pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives >
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