Baldwin Artist Grand

[Richard Strang]

Hello, List,
I have been in the States for a couple of weeks and did a little regulation
work on my brother's Baldwin Artist grand piano, 1921. The piano has new
hammers and pinblock, and has been restrung, but whoever did the work did
not replace the hammer shanks/ knuckles. The knuckles are very worn. Some
are worn down to the wood. It seems like such a big job to have to remove
all the hammers in order to change the shanks and knuckles. Can't just the
knuckles be changed? If so, how in the world would one get the old knuckle
off the shank without doing damage? Thanks.

Richard Strang