Hi John, What you describe is sort of like a 45 or 60% miter box with 1 or 2 thumb screws to hold the shank while being sawed. Joe Goss imatunr@srvinet.com www.mothergoosetools.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Ross" <jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca> To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: Wednesday, May 21, 2003 2:52 PM Subject: Re: Lost my head > 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 > > > > > _______________________________________________ > pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives
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