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<DIV><FONT size=2>Clyde , The real problem in my view ,is that the =
hammer head
is too tight on the shank resulting in only the glue collar =
holding them
together. This bond lasts for a while but eventually will fail. Baldwin
Hamiltons from the 70's were notorious in this regard. The shank =
reducer
in a combo handle makes room for the new glue and also
cleans the old glue from the shank. I use Titebond on this =
vintage
action. On older pianos that were assembled with hide =
glue , I
juice the joint without dissasembly[-action upside down-] with =
liquid hide
glue diluted with acetic acid, { avail. @ photo supply =
shops}.
Also works on the catchers and jack flange mortises. The CA method =
described in the previous posts would work also on your P22 . =
as I
think it is much thinner than the conventional glues and doesn't need as =
much
space to create a good bond. As I recall Kawai suggested CA for =
gluing
loose wooden catcher shanks into their plastic butts. As for hammer =
replacement concerns and CA, new butts or at least shanks would =
probably
need replacing along with the heads making
dissasembly unnecessary </FONT><FONT size=3>.Tom =
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, December 05, =
2000 10:26
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: loose hammer =
heads</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT size=2><B>In a =
message dated
12/5/2000 10:02:30 PM Mid-Atlantic Standard Time, <BR><A
href="mailto:cedel@supernet.com">cedel@supernet.com</A> writes:
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TYPE="CITE">How would you recommend I reglue these? <BR><BR>In =
pianos where
there are just one or two loose, I generally just work <BR>it off =
and
reglue. Is there danger in breaking the butt or flange by =
<BR>doing
this? I think I've heard of turning the action upside down and =
<BR>using the water-thin CA on the loose ones. I've never done =
that.
<BR>Advice? <BR><BR>Hi Clyde: <BR><BR>I wouldn't use the CA method =
(turning
upside down, etc.) but would pop off <BR>the loose and/or clicking
hammers-presuming you have the correct tools to <BR>accomplish this. =
I
would reglue with yellow or white glue. I feel CA <BR>might =
make it
difficult to remove these hammers at some future date if you =
<BR>were to
have to hang new hammers, for instance.</BLOCKQUOTE><BR></FONT><FONT =
lang=0
face=Arial color=#000000 size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF"><B><BR>Bob =
Bergantino,RPT
<BR>Willoughby Hills, Ohio</B></FONT> =
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