<br><br> <div><span class="gmail_quote">On 10/19/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Jon Page</b> <<a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="mailto:jonpage@comcast.net" target="_blank">jonpage@comcast.net</a> > wrote:</span> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid"> <div> <blockquote type="cite"><font face="Arial" color="#000000">...hopefully you've already clamped all the shanks, so all you have to do is</font></blockquote> <blockquote type="cite"><font face="Arial" color="#000000">pull the hammers off,</font> ...<font face="Arial" color="#000000"> You don't even have to remove the shanks and flanges from the stack</font></blockquote> <div><br> </div> <div>One can not remove a tight hammer from the shank while it is still attached to the rail and not damage the center. Even using a glue collar remover without supporting the shank with pliers damages the center.</div> <div><br> </div> <div>The time it takes to remove them from the rail is negligible compared to center repairs.</div> <div>I bet I can unscrew the h/s/f/, pop the hammer off the shank, clean the collar and reinstall the h/s/f in half the time it takes your glue to get all warm and gooey; with not risk to the centers.</div><pre>-- </pre> <div><br>Regards,<br><br>Jon Page</div></div></blockquote></div> <div><br>One can if one clamps all of the shanks in a hammer shank clamp similar to or exactly like the one pictured at spurlock specialty tools <a href="http://www.spurlocktools.com/id62.htm">http://www.spurlocktools.com/id62.htm </a> </div> <div>You keep talking about all of this "time" for the glue to get all warm and gooey which tells me you haven't tried it, if you had you'd know it doesn't take that long, not nearly as long as removal/reinstalation of each h/s/f. If you don't have the clamp, it's not hard to make yourself and you'll have it for future use. I made my own. </div> <div>So I'll take that bet Jon, anytime! <grin></div> <div>Mike</div> <div><br>Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow. The important thing is to not stop questioning.-- Albert Einstein <br><br><br><br>Michael Magness<br>Magness Piano Service<br>608-786-4404<br><a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://www.ifixpianos.com/" target="_blank"> www.IFixPianos.com</a><br>email <a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="mailto:mike@ifixpianos.com" target="_blank">mike@ifixpianos.com</a> </div>