hammers separated from bottom of molding

[John Formsma]

On Wed, Jul 9, 2008 at 8:24 PM, Brian Doepke <bdoepke at verizon.net> wrote:

>  The piano is a Cable drop-action with several hammer felt separations
> from the bottom of the hammer, the top is still attached (for the moment).
>
> Is it possible to glue/clamp the felt while still in the piano?  I would
> hate to have to pull the action…all those lifter wires to take off and put
> back in the slots.
>

Possibly.  I do these repairs in consoles without action removal.  I can't
recall having done this in a spinet, but it would probably work similarly.
 I have some really cheap plastic clamps that I think came from Wal-Mart.
 They lock into place as they are being clamped.  Use thick CA glue with
accelerator.

Apply CA.  Clamp.  Spray accelerator (or use a Q-tip).  Or, apply CA to the
molding and accelerator to the felt.  Then quickly clamp as the accelerator
does its thing. Wait a minute or two and move to the next one.  Or if you
have several clamps, move to the next one right then.

If possible, you could remove the individual hammers and work on them out of
the action.

I think Terry Farrell has mentioned using CA glue and fingers as the clamps.
 You might check the archives, or maybe Terry will chime in again.

-- 
JF
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