Thanks, but no, the knuckles ARE wood, and always have been! Shanks 1000% not available, I'm sure. Will post pics. G --- Greg Newell <gnewell@ameritech.net> wrote: > Gordon, > Would a quick bolstering of the knuckles > provide any addition in > hammer height. Seems like it would and restore some > shape to the currently > flat knuckle. I might use several layers of felt > strips of varying widths > in a pyramid shape and then water on the buckskin to > shrink it over the new > felt. Seems like that couldn't take more than a half > hour or so. If the > flanges are indeed propane torched then all bets are > off and they need new > shanks and flanges. You can do what you'd like but > if it were me I'd shy > away from the entire job if they didn't want to do > it the right way. If the > centers are bad then it seems that you have no > choice but to replace > shanks. What's your reputation worth? > > best, > Greg > > > At 07:32 PM 6/9/2005, you wrote: > >Trying to resuscitate this thing for the hospital > >lobby..... > > "Knuckles" are flat areas of wood on shank > >undersides.....look like microscopic aircraft > carrier > >decks upside down...... intend to clean it all up > and > >"figgeritoutbestikan" . > > After cleaning with lacquer thiner, what to > >lubricate these flats with ? ( Currently very > >burnished & lubed with "MysterySlip" ) > > No way to adjust hammer height, obviously, > except > >hammer rail felt thickness ..... > > Striking distance ? ( 6'5" model ) > > 'bout all I can think of now. Sage advice > >(Joe?) appreciated. > > Jeepers. > > Thump > > > > > >P.S. Some "artiste" decided to "free up" the hammer > >flanges ( thankfully NOT glued to the rail in this > >example! ) by blasting them with a propane torch. > Many > >are generally charcoal, unavailable, of course, so > I > >intend to 1)Remove from rail. 2) Seperate from > shanks. > > 3) Clean in lacquer thinner. 4) Dunk in catalyzed > >lacquer ( or veeeeeeeeery thin epoxy ), also > dunking > >the very ends of the shanks, where they connect to > the > >flanges. 5) Drill out the old bushings and rebush. > 6) > >Mebbe hit with a thin coat of white spray lacquer, > to > >make them look a tad less horrid. > > > >Please advise/stop me if i'm an idjit. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >__________________________________________________ > >Do You Yahoo!? > >Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam > protection around > >http://mail.yahoo.com > >_______________________________________________ > >pianotech list info: > https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives > > Greg Newell > Greg's piano Forté > mailto:gnewell@ameritech.net > > > _______________________________________________ > pianotech list info: > https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives > __________________________________ Discover Yahoo! Have fun online with music videos, cool games, IM and more. Check it out! http://discover.yahoo.com/online.html
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