Hammer Felt Gluing

[Farrell]

True, but in this case the piano was otherwise in good condition and was
meeting their needs and the hammer felt was pretty much all there (no deep
grooves, etc.). I took the action out and did the gluing in my shop. I
charged them $200 and they got their piano back in ...... well, whatever
working order it was in before the hammer felt let go. IMHO, the piano,
being that it was otherwise meeting their needs, was worth a $200 repair.
For this piano, I couldn't have recommended sinking $600+ into a set of
hammers.

Just like the 1960s Wurly console I posted about yesterday. I told the lady
that it was probably going to be worth the repair, but if she had ANY
thoughts about upgrading to a better piano, now would be a golden
opportunity to cut the losses with the Wurly and put the $$ toward a better
piano.

And if you have the luxury to exclude this type of work from your business,
hey, the more power to ya! I'm jealous!

Terry Farrell

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Richard Brekne" <Richard.Brekne@grieg.uib.no>
To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Thursday, January 15, 2004 2:56 AM
Subject: Re: Hammer Felt Gluing


> Just goes to show there are a hundred ways at least of skinning a cat.
> For myself, I replace hammers, and if the piano isnt worth that... well
> then it isnt worth it :)
>
> Cheers
> RicB
>
> > Farrell wrote:
> >
> > FWIW:
> >
> > Many threads have touched on hammer felt that has popped off its
> > molding and how to glue it back on. I tuned a trashy little 1960s
> > Mason & Hamlin Aeolian console today that 2-1/2 years ago had most of
> > its "green monster" hammer felt falling off the molding. Back then, I
> > applied thick CA glue to the felt or molding and hit them with the
> > accelerator. The ones that seemed OK, I put a spot of CA at the
> > tapered back edge of the felt/molding interface. To date, all hammer
> > felts seems to be holding up well. The piano sounds crappy, but the
> > crappyness is even across the scale - I don't think it is much
> > deteriorated from how it likely sounded new. Anyway, I deem the MAJOR
> > CA glue job a success!
> >
> > Terry Farrell
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