Winter Console Hammer Delima

Ted Simmons ted@brevard.net
Sun, 15 Nov 1998 05:47:59 -0500


>In a message dated 11/14/98 you wrote:
>
><< I was tuning a Winter & Co. Console for a new customer today, and noticed
>that
> the felt on three or four hammers in a row was coming unglued... it's like
> someone took a knife and and started seperating the wood from the felt at the
> top of the hammer. It doesn't quite go straight through, but it hinders the
> sound.  Should I glue back the felt or replace the hammer heads completely??
>
> Thanks,
> Jonathan Hoover >>
>
If you use superglue it would have to be the gel type.  I've had great
success using a tube of Liquid Nails which you can get at any Wal-mart,
Home Depot, and similar type shops.

Ted Simmons
Merritt Island, FL




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