<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Hi, Wim and Rob !<div>Good suggestion from Wim, but...</div><div>I would insert Hammer  Shank INSIDE a piece of BRASS TUBE [like used in  Vacuum Player Mechanisms].</div><div>Brass  Tubing will prevent Hammer shank further splitting..</div><div>I had done those PRS [Post Refinishing Syndrom } repairs on many pianos..</div><div>It Woyks!</div><div>Hope it helps..</div><div>Good luck!</div><div>Isaac</div><div><br><div><div>On Feb 28, 2013, at 5:35 PM, <a href="mailto:tnrwim@aol.com">tnrwim@aol.com</a> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><font color="black" size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <div><font style="background-color: transparent;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">I would clamp a piece of plywood to the outside of the fall board, with a piece of wax paper between the plywood and fallboard. Drill out the hole with a 1/4" drill to about 3" and put in a hammershank. Fill the rest of the hole with epoxy. Saw the shank off flush with the edge of the fallboard. After it has set, drill a hole of the screw. Then remove the plywood. </font></div> <div> </div> <div>Wim </div> <div style="clear: both;"> <div> </div> </div> <div></div> <div></div> <div style="color: black; font-family: arial,helvetica; font-size: 10pt;">-----Original Message-----<br> From: Rob McCall <<a href="mailto:rob@mccallpiano.com">rob@mccallpiano.com</a>><br> To: pianotech <<a href="mailto:pianotech@googlegroups.com">pianotech@googlegroups.com</a>>; pianotech <<a href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</a>><br> Sent: Thu, Feb 28, 2013 3:10 pm<br> Subject: [pianotech] Fallboard repair<br> <br> <div style="margin: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, Sans-Serif; font-size: 12px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" id="AOLMsgPart_0_eb1e8b1d-74bd-4822-b2ba-7541bd5b7f43"> <pre style="font-size: 9pt;"><tt>Attempting to repair this tonight. Looks like someone's previous repair failed. I'm thinking of clamping it off and using epoxy. Then redrill and attach bracket. Bad idea? Better idea? </tt></pre> </div>  <div style="margin: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, Sans-Serif; font-size: 12px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" id="AOLMsgPart_2_eb1e8b1d-74bd-4822-b2ba-7541bd5b7f43"> <pre style="font-size: 9pt;"><tt> Rob McCall McCall Piano Service, LLC <a href="http://www.mccallpiano.com" target="_blank">www.mccallpiano.com</a> Murrieta, CA 951-698-1875 </tt></pre> </div>  <br> </div> </font></blockquote></div><br></div></body></html>