Given that they're brittle as well as tight -- you've gotten a number of helpful suggestions for beating them into submission -- what about replacing them all? You might even be able to improve on the existing capstan location while you're at it. Patrick On Wed, Jan 19, 2011 at 1:47 PM, Chuck Vetter < soundsgreatmusic at sbcglobal.net> wrote: > Hi all, > Just hung new hammers on a 1903 Knabe and as I started to adjust the very > tight capstans, they are breaking at or below the surface. Any suggestions? > Drilled and filled the first one, but am breaking more as I go along. > Chuck Vetter > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20110119/8798c3a0/attachment.htm>
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