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Tom,<br>
<x-tab> </x-tab>I've
removed knuckles in the past by simply zipping them off with the band
saw. Once their off you can turn the shank on it's side and finish the
removal with ... you guessed it ... the band saw. This provides a clean
job and allows me to keep the size of the original mortise which is the
best fit for the new knuckles. I've had to do occasional clean up of the
mortise with a razor blade of my pocket knife but usually just the band
saw was needed. <br>
<x-tab> </x-tab>That
having been said, I think it's much more expedient to hang the hammers on
new shanks. Price it out and you'll see that with your time spent and the
additional benefit of straight shanks and a new action center you're much
better off.<br><br>
Greg Newell<br><br>
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At 02:13 AM 2/24/2004, you wrote:<br><br>
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size=2>List,<br>
I’ll
be replacing knuckles soon on an older Steinway and am considering the
removal tool offered by pianotek . It seems reasonably priced and I
wondered if anybody has used it or can offer any other suggestions for
removing knuckles.<br>
Thanks,<br>
Tom
Driscoll<br>
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P.S. This action plays reasonably well even before clean-prep -regulate
etc. So I ‘m planning on just matching the original size with Abel
knuckles. Thoughts?<br>
Tom
Driscoll <br>
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