---------------------- multipart/mixed attachment Thank you David for the well written reply! That clarifies it quite a bit=20 for me. Greg Newell At 07:03 PM 10/31/2003, you wrote: >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Greg Newell" <gnewell@ameritech.net> >To: <phil@philbondi.com>; "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org> >Sent: Friday, October 31, 2003 1:50 PM >Subject: RE: Abel Hammers..trouble opening them up..help! >Phil and list, > I've always been puzzled by this vice grip procedure. It seems >obvious but just for clarification are the vice grip jaws placed on the >flat sides of the hammers or opened up wide to accommodate the rounded >shoulders? >Greg Newell > >At 09:17 AM 10/31/2003, you wrote: > > >Vice grip the crown area ever so slightly..just enough to feel the > >resistance in the vice grips, then steam the shoulders. > > [Vise vise vise! A vice is a bad habit] The vise grips are applied= =20 > to the flat sides of the hammer. If you adjust them so that the jaws are= =20 > just a wee bit narrower than the width of the hammer, then they can't=20 > close all the way and you're not as likely to "go too far" with the=20 > squeezing. I still use this tool despite arguments that it "destroys the= =20 > felt", "is likely to pull the hammer felt off the moulding", etc. If=20 > those things happen, you're doing it wrong. I use them only for hammers= =20 > that are extremely dense or hard, and as a prelude to finer voicing with= =20 > a needle or needles. If the voicing needle won't go into the felt even=20 > with a hard stab, or a weighted voicing tool handle, then the felt is too= =20 > dang hard. Squeeze them with Vise Grips! Or soften them first with some= =20 > liquid solution. But squeeze only on the shoulders, not the strike=20 > point, except in extreme cases (and there are quite a few extremely=20 > bright pianos out there). Admittedly it's harder to do i! >n the high treble, because there's not much felt to grab, and sometimes it= =20 >can "cup" the felt, but not too badly if you take it easy, and you can do= =20 >a light gang-filing afterwards. I don't see how it "destroys the felt"=20 >unless you're really mauling and mangling away at 'em. > --David Nereson, RPT > >_______________________________________________ >pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives Greg Newell Greg's piano Fort=E9 mailto:gnewell@ameritech.net=20 ---------------------- multipart/mixed attachment--
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