<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.6000.16587" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY id=role_body style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #400040; FONT-FAMILY: Arial" bottomMargin=7 bgColor=#ffffff leftMargin=7 topMargin=7 rightMargin=7> <DIV><FONT color=#000000>The best thing I have found to use is rubber bands. Loop them around the hammer felt until they are tight and let them set until the glue is dry and then just cut them off. I understand that violin makers use them a lot in their craft for clamping.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000000>Gerald Mc</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=PIANO2NR@aol.com href="mailto:PIANO2NR@aol.com">PIANO2NR@aol.com</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, January 06, 2008 8:09 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: hammers felt coming apart</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV><FONT id=role_document face=Arial color=#400040 size=2> <DIV><FONT lang=0 face=Arial color=#400040 size=2 PTSIZE="10" FAMILY="SANSSERIF"> </DIV> <DIV>In a message dated 1/6/2008 8:35:37 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, <A href="mailto:mbjwisenbaker@juno.com">mbjwisenbaker@juno.com</A> writes:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid"><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>It's the big bass hammers that are harder to<BR>fix</FONT></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE> <DIV>You might try using long nose vice grips to hold the felt while glue cures.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT lang=0 face=Arial color=#400040 size=2 PTSIZE="10" FAMILY="SANSSERIF">Randy Mangus<BR>Mangus Piano Service<BR>140 Atkinson Ave.<BR>Wheeling, WV 26003</FONT></DIV></DIV></FONT><BR><BR><BR> <DIV><FONT style="FONT: 10pt ARIAL, SAN-SERIF; COLOR: black"> <HR style="MARGIN-TOP: 10px"> Start the year off right. <A title=http://body.aol.com/fitness/winter-exercise?NCID=aolcmp00300000002489 href="http://body.aol.com/fitness/winter-exercise?NCID=aolcmp00300000002489" target=_blank>Easy ways to stay in shape</A> in the new year. </FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>