On 8/28/07, gordon stelter <lclgcnp at yahoo.com> wrote: > > If any. I'm trying to decide if the added expense and > trouble is justified, for several of the pianos I'm > working on. > Peace, > Thump > > If they're old & twisted/bent/weak/ top 15 or 20 made of cedar I would > probably replace them. I once worked on an upright a couple brought back > from eastern europe that had new shanks. Whoever had done it hadn't bored > out the butts deep enough, they were only glued in about 3/8" and when I > struck a hard blow to set my tuning, they would break out the top of the > butt. I must have re-done 20 or more of those. My point is it's a lot of work for not a lot of return if the shanks are decent, true you have to reduce the hammer shanks a little, if using the originals, to remove all the glue. However you can bore your hammers a little smaller diameter to account for this or use the Titebond Molding and Trim glue to fill the excess, if they're already bored. ____________________________________________________________________________________ > Boardwalk for $500? In 2007? Ha! Play Monopoly Here and Now (it's updated > for today's economy) at Yahoo! Games. > http://get.games.yahoo.com/proddesc?gamekey=monopolyherenow > -- Michael Magness Magness Piano Service 608-786-4404 www.IFixPianos.com email mike at ifixpianos.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20070828/21ccefde/attachment.html
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