<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40" xmlns:o = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word"><HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; = charset=us-ascii"> <TITLE>Message</TITLE> <META content=Word.Document name=ProgId> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2769" name=GENERATOR> <META content="Microsoft Word 11" name=Originator><LINK href="cid:filelist.xml@01C5FCF0.0F9CC4D0" rel=File-List> <STYLE>@font-face { font-family: Jester; } @page Section1 {size: 8.5in 11.0in; margin: 1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in; = mso-header-margin: .5in; mso-footer-margin: .5in; mso-paper-source: 0; } P.MsoNormal { FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman"; = mso-style-parent: ""; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; = mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman" } LI.MsoNormal { FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman"; = mso-style-parent: ""; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; = mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman" } DIV.MsoNormal { FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman"; = mso-style-parent: ""; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; = mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman" } A:link { COLOR: blue; TEXT-DECORATION: underline; text-underline: single } SPAN.MsoHyperlink { COLOR: blue; TEXT-DECORATION: underline; text-underline: single } A:visited { COLOR: purple; TEXT-DECORATION: underline; text-underline: single } SPAN.MsoHyperlinkFollowed { COLOR: purple; TEXT-DECORATION: underline; text-underline: single } SPAN.EmailStyle17 { COLOR: windowtext; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-style-type: = personal-compose; mso-style-noshow: yes; mso-ansi-font-size: 10.0pt; = mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; = mso-hansi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial } DIV.Section1 { page: Section1 } </STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY lang=EN-US style="tab-interval: .5in" vLink=purple = link=blue> <DIV>A trick I learned from Isaac Sadigursky is to sparingly wet the joint with = white vinegar using an acid brush. The vinegar soaks right in and the slight = acid content sort of melts the glue temporarily. Wiggle the hammer on the = shank while it's wet and by the time the vinegar dries off the glue has hardened up = again making a very satisfactory bond. Leave all the hammers in the action and = just turn it upside down so the vinegar doesn't drip down onto something = else. And make sure you don't get stuff so wet that any of it dribbles down into = the hammer itself. Being extra careful I've even managed to treat the = occasional loose hammer without even removing the action from the piano. But ya = gotta be careful.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>-- Geoff Sykes</DIV> <DIV>-- Assoc. Los Angeles</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV></DIV> <DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader lang=en-us dir=ltr = align=left>-----Original Message----- From: pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] On = Behalf Of Brian Doepke Sent: Friday, December 09, 2005 3:41 PM To: 'Pianotech' Subject: regluing hammers </DIV> <DIV class=Section1> Hello List,<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> My situation is = this.  A customer of mine has a = Wurlitzer spinet with 54 loose hammer heads that click when they are played. =  I was unable to remove the = heads while the action was in the piano.  The glue is loose, but not loose enough to be able to pop them off.<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> I am planning to remove = the action, take it back with me and remove and reglue the hammers.  = <o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> What chemical is = recommended to soften the glue enough to remove the = heads?<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> Thank you very much.<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> Brian P. Doepke<o:p></o:p>  <o:p></o:p> AAA = Piano Works, Inc.<o:p></o:p> 260-432-2043<o:p></o:p> 260-417-1298<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML= >