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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: =
black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=RNossaman@cox.net href="mailto:RNossaman@cox.net">Ron =
Nossaman</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A =
title=pianotech@ptg.org
href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, May 21, 2003 =
9:26
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Lost My Head</DIV>
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<DIV><BR>> 1) This =
is just
a simple system with a threaded shaft holding the <BR>> =
prop<BR>>rail,
one nut under it and the round prop nut above it. How can I keep
that<BR>>lower nut from moving, short of gluing it to the
screw?<BR><BR>Replace it with a leather
nut.<BR><BR><BR>> =
2) Not
having a replacement shaft (has Brambach-style knuckle), <BR>> how
would<BR>>y'all go about fixing this head? Would like to avoid the =
"sewing
thread<BR>>splint with giant blob of epoxy" fix that I've seen in =
other
pianos!<BR>><BR>>Alan Barnard<BR><BR>Splice a new 7/32" shank to =
the old
one with a long scarf joint, trim to <BR>length, press the old shank =
end out
of the hammer, fit and glue hammer to <BR>new shank, trim shank to =
length,
make resolution to not break old obsolete <BR>parts ever again, =
remember the
fix for the next time you break an old <BR>obsolete part.<BR><BR>Ron
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<DIV>But usually grand shanks are larger than 7/32", so the hole in =
the hammer
head will be too big. Maybe you can splice part of another grand =
shank
onto it, or plug and redrill (smaller) the hole in the hammer moulding =
and use
Ron's suggestion. Is the fork part of the shank large enough to =
drill
into and install another cut-off shank? (Won't match the others, =
but
might work).</DIV>
<DIV> --David Nereson,
RPT<BR><BR></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>