felt separating from hammer core

[Ted Simmons]

>    Ted,
>
>    I have had similar experience with a cheesy Winter spinet. The previous
>    technician had tied up several hammers where the felt had separated from
>    the moulding (or core, as you call it). Some were still holding and some
>    had separated again. In order to correct the ones that wouldn't stay put
>    I just replaced the individual hammers with close matches (I have
>    several spare hammers and styles at the shop to choose from).  Maybe you
>    can find access to some hammers that would match closely to the ones you
>    need to replace. Even though they won't look the same as the others it
>    will work if they are of similar size and shape and with a little
>    regulation to those notes.  Of course, if the felts are separating from
>    the mouldings, depending upon what quality of piano you're dealing with,
>    the best cure is to replace the hammer set.  If the piano isn't worth a
>    new set of hammers try just replacing the individual hammers.
>
>    John Piesik
>    San Diego Chapter PTG
>    JPIESIK@ARINC.COM
>
>Thanks, John.  The owner of this piano doesn't have much by way of funds
>to get the entire set of hammers replaced. There were less than a dozen
>hammers that were affected.  I thought it would be a simple matter to
>re-glue them, and I also thought that superglue would surely do the trick.
>It didn't.  Keith McGavern suggested using Titebond.  I use that for
>almost everything in piano work but I never thought it could outperform
>superglue.  That's why we join professional groups such as this - to learn
>from each other.
     Ted Simmons