physically getting hammers on shanks

[Carlos Ralon]

The fine old Henry Millers did also. They really looked good.

C. Ralon RPT
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Delacour" <JD at Pianomaker.co.uk>
To: "Pianotech List" <pianotech at ptg.org>
Sent: Wednesday, December 20, 2006 1:53 PM
Subject: Re: physically getting hammers on shanks


> At 1:26 pm -0500 20/12/06, Mike McCoy wrote:
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>>I saw a tech that did upright hammers like a grand. He salvaged the 
>>old butts by drilling them out, glued new shanks into the butts, 
>>drilled the hammers all the way through the moulding, spun them on 
>>the shanks and aligned the strike points with a string line in the 
>>piano and cut the excess shank off when dry.
> 
> Richard Lipp of Stuttgart, who made one of the finest uprights (best 
> before 1914), always have the hammers bored through.  I have not seen 
> it on any other piano.
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> JD
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