Might be an interesting experiment Terry. Every time this subject comes up I have to shudder. Sorry... cant help it. And I dont mean to sound the snob or anything... but gawd I am glad I dont have to work on pianos where this kind of repair work can be deemed appropriate. Touches a kind of a sore point with me too as I have this sense that this whole low end part of the market has driven the industry (over the years) closer and closer to the brink of extinction. Yes I know China is going to take over production of all pianos save a very select few.... or at least thats the way things look.... But then it also looks like its in the end a mute point. Electronics is on the verge of replacing the whole concept. Different issue.... sorry to wander..... getting a bit nostalgic as I get older perhaps... But honestly.... I truly see the world of todays Harpsichord business looming on our collective horizon. Perhaps thats not all bad.... but then again... Sigh RicB I have glued several sets of hammers like this. I use thick CA and finger clamp for several seconds - that's it, then move on to next hammer. My experience is that hammer tone - on pianos with hammers coming unglued - is preserved with this method - the re-glued hammers have tone consistent with hammers that had not come unglued. Each time I have reglued hammers has been on 40-something-year-old Aeolean-type spinets and consoles. If the hammer in question is on a two year old Bosendorfer concert grand, tone on the repaired hammer may be an issue, but not on an older worn piano. Terry Farrell
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