PS! Ron's D is sounding great! I just filed the hammers very lightly and did some very light regulation on it then had to sit and play it a few minutes! dp David M. Porritt dporritt at smu.edu ________________________________ From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of Erwinspiano at aol.com Sent: Thursday, December 21, 2006 7:12 PM To: pianotech at ptg.org Subject: Re: physically getting Hammers OFF shanks Hi Dave I routinely go thru a process of finding the optimal strike line when hanging new hammers, so the ability to quickly remove them without damage & then reinstall them is very important. .......Well obviously." Even when I have done a thoro job of locating what I think is the optimum strike spot, & hang the hammers I frequently find myself aurally tweaking the location later during or after final voicing. The area in question covers a large segment of the trebles so this tool makes quick work of this process without damage to center pins & endless time consuming heating of the shank & hammer head to persuade the glue to give in. I frequently receive actions in the course of belly work that have already been "rebuilt." New Renner hammers & parts or Abels etc. Too Heavy a hammer for the knuckle location part or hammers I don't like on that piano or just to dang heavy period. Another scenario is I remove the hammers then relocate the knuckles where I want them & prep the hammer of my choice & reuse the shanks. It takes a shop grunt 3 hours to do this so recycling $00.00 shanks is a good deal for 25 bucks labor & a set of knuckles. It does Require a slotting jig. I also use your method of removing hammers I am putting in the trash. Hey How's Ron N's D sounding? Dale P. S I have brand new set of Brooks bored & prepped Abels preped for a 20 note Steinway. Less than a few hours of play. Make an offer...selling em cheap Dale: I am right now in the process of taking some hammers off shanks. I have a hammer removing tool, but only use it if I want to save the hammers for some reason (they're not totally shot and there might be a piano around here with a lower priority that could use these.) Most of the time, however, I just cut them off as I'm doing now. A hefty pair of diagonal cutters will split the tail and then pull them off and throw them away. I've always found that faster than the hammer puller. How does this new tool do with the glue collar? dp David M. Porritt dporritt at smu.edu -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20061222/1f8f5a45/attachment.html
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