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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Pianoteck sells &#8220;Hammerhead Felt
Clamp&#8221;,item #HCL-4,page D-20<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>This tool works&#8230;good Luck&#8230;..isaac<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'> pianotech-bounces@ptg.org
[mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf
Of </span></b>mccleskey112@bellsouth.net<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Sunday, January 06, 2008
8:07 PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> Pianotech List<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Re: hammers felt coming
apart</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>The best thing I have found to use is
rubber bands. <st1:place w:st="on">Loop</st1:place> 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.</span></font><font size=2 color="#400040" face=Arial><span
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
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face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#400040'> <a
href="mailto:PIANO2NR@aol.com" title="PIANO2NR@aol.com">PIANO2NR@aol.com</a> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 color="#400040" face=Arial><span
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Arial;color:#400040'> <a href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org"
title="pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</a> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 color="#400040" face=Arial><span
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Arial;color:#400040'> Sunday, January 06, 2008 8:09 PM<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 color="#400040" face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#400040;font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></font></b><font
size=2 color="#400040" face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Arial;color:#400040'> Re: hammers felt coming apart<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#400040" face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#400040'>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:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>It's the big bass hammers that are harder
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#400040" face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#400040'>You might try using
long nose vice grips to hold the felt while glue cures.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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FAMILY=SANSSERIF><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#400040'>Randy
Mangus<br>
Mangus Piano Service<br>
<st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">140 Atkinson Ave.</st1:address></st1:Street><br>
<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Wheeling</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st="on">WV</st1:State>
 <st1:PostalCode w:st="on">26003</st1:PostalCode></st1:place><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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