[pianotech] Enlarging hammer shank

[Encore Pianos]

I think it is astonishing that he was able to get them to send him anything
at all.  That must be a first on this list.  

Send them back if you can ever talk to someone at Baldwin, get a refund
(good luck!), and get a set from another  supplier who can meet your needs.
That would be most anybody but Baldwin.  

It would not surprise me if these are Chinese made parts for the Chinese
made Baldwins (Is there anything else these days?) that bear little
meaningful resemblance to their American ancestor.

Will Truitt

-----Original Message-----
From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf
Of David Love
Sent: Friday, January 06, 2012 4:17 PM
To: pianotech at ptg.org
Subject: Re: [pianotech] Enlarging hammer shank

How about send them back to Baldwin and have them bored to the proper
dimension?

David Love
www.davidlovepianos.com

-----Original Message-----
From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf
Of richarducci at comcast.net
Sent: Friday, January 06, 2012 1:00 PM
To: pianotech at ptg.org
Subject: [pianotech] Enlarging hammer shank

List,
Client with Acrosonic with hammer felts falling off moldings .
Got a new set of hammers from Baldwin , but they are bored too large for
original shanks. 

Limited budget so not going to replace butts (hammers come with shanks that
fit,) but is there a way to modify original shanks to fit larger hammers?

Rick Ucci
Uccipiano.com=