:Scraping Hamilton jacks/butts

Rick.Florence@ASU.Edu Rick.Florence@ASU.Edu
Fri, 16 Feb 1996 09:43:36 -0700


>> I have a customer with a Baldwin Hamilton from the 1980's.  There is a
>> scraping noise when the key is released and the jack resets. . .
>
>Corfam problem.  You need to replace the corfam.  It was used in
>place of leather on the butts, i.e. the butt catcher and butt skin.
>
>
>vince mrykalo  rpt
>byu provo utah
>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
The piano is probably out of it's warrantee period.  However, Baldwin will
still send you the replacement leather (at least they have in the past),
they just won't pay you to install it.  BTW the whole job only takes 2-3
hours

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Rick Florence, Piano Technician
 Arizona State University School of Music
 Rick.Florence@ASU.Edu







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