bases-loaded@juno.com wrote: > > I am looking for any ideas that will facilitate boring single hammers in > the customer's home when the shank has broken off bluntly right below the > hammer head (vertical pianos). Mark, The best Journal article on the subject appeared in the Feb. 89 issue (Vertical Shank Replacment, by Fern Henry & Bill Spurlock). Briefly, the authors describe a way of removing the old shank by drilling a hole in the remaining shank to receive a drywall screw. After soaking the hole, the screw is heated to soften the glue and the screw and shank part can then be extracted with a shank extractor. The beauty of this method is that the hole you have just created is perfectly drilled. It just needs to be cleaned out with a 7/32" drill. Tom -- Thomas A. Cole, RPT Santa Cruz, CA mailto:tcole@cruzio.com
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