Knuckle question

Avery avery1 at houston.rr.com
Sun Dec 3 15:47:12 MST 2006


At 02:52 PM 12/3/2006, you wrote:
> > ...and since the hammer flange, shaft complex does not have
> >to be taken off the action, no realignment of the hammers to
> >the strings is necessary.
>
>Wow !! You must be good !  I certainly would damage the flange center
>forcefully removing a knuckle and then pressing it back in.

Me, too. Let alone the wood core breaking on some/many! No matter
HOW careful one is!

Besides, the cost is so negligible, why not just put in new ones
if you're going to remove the old ones, anyway????

I guess I'm just out of touch after over 30 yrs. of doing this!


>You probably can use the hammer extracting pliers and not have to remove
>the shank from the rail too.  Double wow.
>
>My hat's off to you...

Me, too. But why do that? Oh, I know. To save a few dollars!!!! :-)


>--
>
>Regards,
>
>Jon Page
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