<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div><span class="tab">   I need to replace the hammers on an upright piano.  Schaff wants the sample hammers with the shaft attached.  No matter what kind of solvent I have tried the shaft stays fimly in the butt, and comes out of the hammer.  Yes, I am using the right hammer/butt extractor.  Yes, I have removed the glue collar around the shaft on the butt end.  I have tried the wall paper paste solvent, glue remover and acetone.  No cigar!  What will actually dissolve the old glue?  Any Ideas?????</span></div><div><span class="tab"></span> </div><div><span class="tab">Ed Carwithen</span></div><div><span class="tab">John Day, OR</span></div></div></body></html>