class rebuild work

[Farrell]

That's a mighty fine looking shank repair. Also, hopefully unique!

I wasn't quite that inventive, but yesterday I had a first for me. I went to 
tune an older Kawai grand that had one non-functional note (also the reason 
it was finally time to tune it after four years).

I could see that the hammer and shank were not connected to the hammer rail 
But I could also see that the flange was still in place. So I pull out 
action. The center pin was still in the flange. The shank had the grain 
oriented in the horizontal plane. The shank had split in two - and the split 
went right through the shank center pin bushing holes. Amazing - I had never 
before seen that.

I CAed the shank back together and rebushed and repinned. The action will be 
coming to my shop after the first of the year for proper repairs and 
regulation, etc.

Terry Farrell

----- Original Message -----
> I tuned a 6 1/2' Chickering today. It had been patched up at
> some time in the distant past, with new strings, pinblock, and
> hammers. Original dampers, and otherwise original action. A
> total basket case now, board shot and action worn clear out. I
> pulled the action at one point to clear rubbing adjacent
> hammers and found what's almost shown in the alleged photo.
> Sorry, my phone camera isn't exactly state of the art, nor is
> the operator. The finest set of resonating shank patches I've
> ever seen, with a hammer hanging job to match.
SNIP
> Ron N