<HTML><HEAD></HEAD> <BODY> I've got to second Jon's advice, consider holding= off on the action rebuild until after the concert.  But if= that isn't going to fly... Are they putting you up while you do the work or= are you taking the action to the shop?  If you go to pick= up the action and take it back to the shop, you've got= about 2+ hours of time right there.  Another 1+ hours= to bring the action back for the finish work.  Don't= hesitate to bill them for this time!  They could put you up= for several days and let you do the work there. = I'm taking for granted you have pre-bored hammers from= Steinway.  The Journal has articles by Bill Spurlock on= hammer replacement.  What you ought to do is send another post to the= List and tell us what you think your procedure will be and what= tools you'll need.  This will give us a good idea if you= can handle the job! David Ilvedson   ----- Original message= ----------------------------------------> From: Jon Page= <<A= href="mailto:jonpage@attbi.com">jonpage@attbi.com</A>> To:= <<A= href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A>> Rec= eived: Sun, 04 Aug 2002 21:11:46 -0400 Subject: Re: New= Steinway Hammer replacement At 11:12 AM 8/4/2002 -0400, you wrote: <BLOCKQUOTE cite="" type="cite">Dear= List,    I am putting a= new set of Steinway hammers shanks and flanges on a 1901 model A= grand.  This piano is on an island off the coast of Maine= which is an hour ferry trip one way.  This piano is used by= the Fox Island Concert Association and they will be using this= piano August 14 th for a solo concert.  I will not have= much time to put these hammers on and get them regulated and= voiced for this concert.  This is the first set of Steinway= hammers I have had to replace.  I am looking for some help= in the preparation, regulation and voicing methods that you use= on these hammers and any methods that might speed up this job. A= step by step guide would be very helpful so that I don't make= any major mistakes that could waste time.  I have done= several grand regulations, but I do not have much voicing= experience and none using lacquer and acetone.  I was told= by Kent Webb to use 1part lacquer and 3 parts acetone and to= soak the hammers completely.  If anyone has experince with= this method or a different method your help would be greatly= appreciated. I do have the Steinway= Technical Reference Guide, but I am looking for more specific= individual methods that you have developed from experince with= these hammers. I am afraid of getting= these hammers too hard and have difficulty voicing= them.   Thanks for your= help.   Arthur= Chickering Associate= Member Maine= Chapter</BLOCKQUOTE> How many other sets of hammers= have you installed? What condition are the knuckles on this old= piano? Are the centers sluggish. Are these stock bored?= Will you require a custom bored set for string height= anomalies? Will the new hammer weight cause the= touchweight to increase beyond being comfortable? Off= hand I'd say you're being overly optimistic and you may find= yourself in an abysmal pit of despair. My advise would be to= proceed cautiously and not replace the hammers at this= time. <DIV>Regards,</DIV> <DIV>Jon Page,   piano technician</DIV> <DIV>Harwich Port, Cape Cod, Mass.</DIV> <DIV><A href="mailto:jonpage@attbi.com"= EUDORA="AUTOURL">mailto:jonpage@attbi.com</A></DIV>~~~~~~~~~~~~~= ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ </BODY></HTML>