<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; = charset=us-ascii"> <meta name=Generator content="Microsoft Word 10 (filtered)"> <style>  </style> </head> <body bgcolor=white lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=blue = id="role_body" bottomMargin=7 leftmargin=7 topmargin=7 rightMargin=7> <div class=Section1> Do you mean the hammer is split or = the hammer shank?  It sounds like you mean the hammer shank is = split.  Why would you want to order a set of hammers?  Just replace the shank.  = There are sleeves that you can get from piano supply houses (you should open an account = with one or more), and you can also repair the shank without a sleeve if the = break is long and gives you some gluing surface.    <div> David Love davidlovepianos@comcast.net </div> -----Original = Message----- From: = pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] On Behalf Of pianotune05 Sent: Thursday, February = 23, 2006 8:27 PM To: Pianotech = List Subject: a hammer = question   <div> Hi everyone, </div> <div> I have a future customer who has a piano with a hammer, get this, that's = split.  He has the other, top half.  Rather than order 88 hammers which I = was told would have to be done because I cannot just order one, I was given = another idea.  I was told that there is a sleeve that can be placed on the = hammer shank that is still attached to the action and then the top half is = inserted in.  Does anyone know if this is a hard procedure as I'm just = getting into the repair side of piano tech?  Where can I buy such a = sleeve?  Thanks again, and if this is one of those, obvious things as CY = mentioned to me yesterday, I appologize. </div> <div> Marshall<= /font> </div> <blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid black = 1.5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 4.0pt; margin-left:3.75pt;margin-top:5.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.0pt'= > <div> ----- Original Message ----- </div> <div style='font-color:black'> From: <a href="mailto:Piannaman@aol.com" = title="Piannaman@aol.com">Piannaman@aol.com</a> </div> <div> To: <a href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org" = title="pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</a> </div> <div> Sent: Thursday, = February 23, 2006 11:09 PM </div> <div> Subject: yet another bracket question... </div> <div>  </f= ont> </div> <div> Just wondering:  are all of the faulty Young Chang = action brackets greenish in color (because of the Zinc content, I would = assume)?  I tuned one today that a friend owns, and the brackets have not = expanded.  They are gold in color.  I didn't locate the serial number before = leaving, so I'm not sure what year it was made. </div> <div>  </f= ont> </div> <div> Every time I go to work on a YC now, I get nervous.... </div> <div>  </f= ont> </div> <div> Dave Stahl Dave Stahl Piano Service 650-224-3560 <a = href="http://www.dstahlpiano.net/">http://dstahlpiano.net/</a></spa= n> </div> </blockquote> </div> </body> </html>