straws, anyone?

[Kevin E. Ramsey RPT]

If you choose to use straws, after the glue has cured you can take an
exacto-knife and slit then straw length wise to remove it.
    I usually use waxed dental floss, wound tightly around the shank to bind
it together. The wax keeps it from sticking to the shank, and it can be
easily removed later. Usually, I have to remove the butt or hammer assembly
from the piano, but so what? Doesn't take but a minute unless it's a spinet.
I haven't had to do this on a spinet in years, but if I did, then I might
consider the straw method. I've done it in the past, but only if it's a
tight fit.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Barrie Heaton" <Piano@a440.co.uk>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Thursday, December 21, 2000 5:27 PM
Subject: Re: straws, anyone?


> In article <3A42683F.A5458B71@jagat.com>, Newton Hunt <nhunt@jagat.com>
> writes
> >> > The straws keep the parts well aligned.  For those of us who
> >> > are straight line challenged.
> >> > Newton Hunt
> >
> >> Besides, which customer looks at a shank anyway?
> >> Martin
> >
> >You don't understand, this is for MY convenience.  Why use
> >an ill fitting shank when I can splice the old one and
> >_nobody_ will know unless they remove the action.
>
> It's only ill fitting if you make it that way. Sorry, no matter how you
> dress this up for an upright hammer shank replacement it's bad
> workmanship to use straws.
>
>
>
> Barrie,
>
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