Weirdest thought ... was Re: Hammer Rebuilding - In a pinch

[David Vanderhoofven]

Hi Alan,

Please don't use CA glue as a hammer hardener.  I haven't experimented with 
the thin CA, but a little with the thick CA and accelerator.  It was a 
nightmare.  It soaked in and solidified the whole hammer crown, and no 
amount of voicing helped in the least.  Just like a hammer shaped block of 
plastic with lots of holes in it.  I can only imagine that the thin CA glue 
would be much worse.

And Alan, pepperoni pizza at 3 am does have a tendency to bring on strange 
dreams and hallucinations!

Your friend,
David Vanderhoofven

At 05:56 PM 11/7/2005, you wrote:
>Has anyone ever tried a little of our super-thin CA as a hammer hardening 
>agent? It might work wonders (or not) but it would be irreversible ... big 
>drawback.
>
>Okay, that wasn't the absolute weirdest thought I ever had, but at least 
>this one didn't involve strawberry Jello, Saran Wrap, live fish, bubble 
>gum, moose antlers, weasel bladders, schizophrenic chickens, and Swedish 
>lady wrestlers.
>
>Alan Barnard
>Salem, Missouri
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: <mailto:joegarrett@earthlink.net>Joseph Garrett
>To: <mailto:pianotech@ptg.org>pianotech
>Sent: 11/07/2005 5:15:09 PM
>Subject: Re: Hammer Rebuilding - In a pinch
>
>Terry "the Farrell" said: "
>It looks like it will work. Don't know what it will sound like. Gotta be =
>better than wood.
>
>Anyway, FWIW. Silly ideas from silly techs.
>
>Terry,
>Quite ingenious!!! If the sound is not up to a reasonable thing, then, 
>perhaps, stretch/cover them puppies with thin buckskin.<G> It worked o.k. 
>on Squares!<G> I'd like to know about the sound. Keep us posted.
>Regards,
>
>Joe Garrett, R.P.T. (Oregon)
>Captain, Tool Police
>Squares R I
>
>