hammer realignment

[Jon Page]

At 07:19 AM 11/19/98 -0500, you wrote:
>Jay Mercier wrote:
>> 
>> Is there any trick of the trade when realigning hammers after a hammer
>> shank breaks?  I recently fixed a broken hammer shank, eyeballed the
>> alignment, glued the two parts back together and what do you know, the
>> hammer was only hitting the left two unisons instead of all three.  A
>> blow to my self-esteem.  Also, the piano had brass flanges.
>> 
>> Is this a hit and miss situation?
>
>My response assumes a vertical piano with round shanks.  It sounds like
>you reused the old hammer shank.  For situations where I choose to do
>this, I keep on hand a supply of plastic soda straws in different sizes
>(yes, they're used, from when I buy softdrinks, and different stores DO
>have different sizes!).  You don't even have to remove the hammer butt
>from the piano; just slip a piece of straw over the broken shank, glue
>at the break on the hammer part and push them together until they're
>snug.  I've never had hammer alignment problems using this method.

>Clyde Hollinger
>
>
Another user for that dental floss you carry in your tool case.
Wrap it around that diagonal split.

Jon Page
Harwich Port, Cape Cod, Mass. (jpage@capecod.net)
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