Baldwin Artist Grand

[Carl Meyer]

Richard, here's something you could try.  You won't even need to remove the
hammers or shanks. With a razor blade slice the buckskin and felt and peel
from the wood core.  Then with a small diagonal pliers split the wood insert
and if your lucky it will come out clean without damaging the shank.  I've
seen this demonstrated but haven't tried it myself.  I'm not sure if it
would be better to split it at the middle or close to the edge.  Common
sense tells me that I would try the middle first.  If it works,  you're
ahead.  Just glue the new ones in.  If you try it please report the results.

Carl Meyer Ptg assoc
Santa Clara, Ca.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Richard Strang" <rstrang@pa.inter.net>
To: "pianotech (E-mail)" <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Wednesday, July 14, 2004 7:02 PM
Subject: Baldwin Artist Grand


> Hello, List,
> I have been in the States for a couple of weeks and did a little
regulation
> work on my brother's Baldwin Artist grand piano, 1921. The piano has new
> hammers and pinblock, and has been restrung, but whoever did the work did
> not replace the hammer shanks/ knuckles. The knuckles are very worn. Some
> are worn down to the wood. It seems like such a big job to have to remove
> all the hammers in order to change the shanks and knuckles. Can't just the
> knuckles be changed? If so, how in the world would one get the old knuckle
> off the shank without doing damage? Thanks.
>
> Richard Strang
>
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