hammers felt coming apart

[mccleskey112 at bellsouth.net]

I'd probably wind up with both hands glued to the action. Then what. "Hey 
lady, would you come here a minute please and shoot my hand with that stuff 
right there? I'm stuck to your piano." I think I'll stick to rubber bands, 
thank you.
Gerald Mc
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Farrell" <mfarrel2 at tampabay.rr.com>
To: "Pianotech List" <pianotech at ptg.org>
Sent: Monday, January 07, 2008 8:41 AM
Subject: Re: hammers felt coming apart


> IMHO, Martin has it best. Forget clamps, bands, vice grips, etc. Shoot one 
> surface with accelerator, slop some thick CA on the other surface and 
> finger clamp for a few seconds and your in business.
>
> Terry Farrell
>
> ----- Original Message -----
>> I have had good success in repairing hammers like you described.  Using a
>> medium viscosity CA glue and its accelerator works great. Numbers 62 thru
>> 74 should be easy to fix. It's the big bass hammers that are harder to
>> fix. Apply CA glue to the top side of the molding sparingly, set the
>> bottle down so that it does not turn over, then pull the felt down onto
>> the molding to get glue on both surfaces, lift the felt back up, spray
>> the top of the molding with the accelerator then pull the felt down
>> correctly lined up and hold it there for a few seconds until you see the
>> glue squeeze out turn white. The hammer is ready to play. If the white
>> squeeze out protrudes out too far, sand it off with a sanding paddle with
>> 80 grit paper. Remember to keep the solvent within reach in case you glue
>> your fingers to a hammer or if you should glue some of your fingers
>> together. If this happens, don't panic or get excited. Laugh about it,
>> use the solvent. You will free yourself in a matter of 2 minutes or so.
>> Ask me how I know.
>>
>> Martin Wisenbaker, RPT
>> Houston, Texas
>>
>