How do I remove knuckles, cleanly? Knuckle recovering.

[gordon stelter]

Actually, I just "reconstituted" a set of very flat
knuckles on a 70's Yamaha with a thorough scrubbing
with naptha and a little brass brush . It brought them
right back and made a very, very nice improvement to
the "touch". 
     Thump
     
--- tune4u@earthlink.net wrote:
> Seems like new hammers in a nice grand deserve new
> knuckles. Surprising they
> put the new hammers on old shanks if the knuckles
> were bad. Can they be
> treated with steam and/or needles? Bolstered w/yarn?
> How 'bout a can of
> Fix-a-Flat?
> 
> Schaff sells whole knuckle assemblies for about $80.
> Considering how much
> less labor replacing these vs. recovering the old
> ones would be ... maybe
> you nee to put on your salesman's hat.
> 
> Check out
>
https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/1996-November/010818.html
> and
>
https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/1998-August/035446.html
> 
> Alan Barnard
> Salem, MO
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: pianotech-bounces@ptg.org
> [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org]On
> Behalf Of gordon stelter
> Sent: Tuesday, May 06, 2003 9:18 PM
> To: Pianotech
> Subject: How do I remove knuckles, cleanly? Knuckle
> recovering.
> 
> 
> I may be getting in a Conover grand with a good set
> of
> new hammers, but utterly flat knuckles
> ( Authentic 1915 vintage ).
>      Can anyone recommend a recipe for removing them
> for replacement or recovering, without breaking the
> shanks or the knuckle cores? And must they be
> removed
> for recovering?
>      Your comments would be most sincerely
> appreciated.
>      Thanks!
>      Thump
> 
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