Oh please don't do the "just glue them back on" trip. Really, it sounds much better with new Ronsens. But no, the one time I did this the only other "new parts" were bridle straps. Patrick On Wed, Jan 5, 2011 at 8:50 PM, Kurt Baxter <fortefile at gmail.com> wrote: > > *Why not just glue all the felts you have back on? * > > > -- > > I am still considering this option, but being that there are about 7 > missing felts, once I find salvaged hammers that fit, match/drill/glue those > hammers *in place* (and glue/clamp the 12 lifting felts), or pull the > whole thing and take it to the shop, the cost could be well on way towards a > new set of hammers, AND with the added risk that that rest of the hammers > could fail at any time. > > Plus, this client actually seems interested in doing the job right. It's > just giving me a bit of whiplash that I found a spinet owner interested in > doing any piano repair job right. > > A bit off the topic, has anyone here ever done a full rebuild on a spinet? > > > > -kurt > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20110105/9c261295/attachment.htm>
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