hammer felt separated

[Farrell]

That sounds like a lot of work to me - especially if you have a number of hammers to fix. I don't use CA glue for every repair either, but IMHO, this is an excellent task for CA. I simply spray between the felt and core with accelerator, squirt in a bit of thick CA, finger clamp for 8.7 seconds and move on to the next hammer. Works great and is very fast. 

Lot's on this in the archives.

Let me guess - Aeolian product? Or is it a Baldwin?

Terry Farrell
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  You can also secure the felt by gluing it and tying it with nylon thread. 

   

  Cut a piece of thread 20 or so inches long. Tie a loop in the end of your thread with a short tail of 3-4 inches, and a long tail of a dozen plus inches. Hold the loop, wrap the long tail around the felt, thread it through the loop and pull it tight. Continue wrapping the long tail around the hammer in the opposite direction while holding onto the short tail. When you run out of thread from making wraps, tie it off with the short tail. 



  Dean May
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  Use tightbond glue,  close the felt with vise grips.  secure the joint by driving a small screw though the felt and into the molding, or use a wire twist tie around the hammer.  Screws can be removed at next tuning if you want.   Bob. 
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