Brian Here on Oahu we have this problem all the time. I had a Hamilton, where the felt had come off almost half the hammers. It was so bad that when I did the top, the bottom would come off. I use super glue, and held the felt in place with a needle nose vice grips. Put the glue on the felt. Spray the kicker on the molding, and press the felt into place with the vice grips. It sets up in about a minute. Because I had to do so many hammers, I had the action on my bench. But I've done a few here and there with the action still in the piano. Good luck Willem (Wim) Blees, RPT Piano Tuner/Technician Honolulu, HI 808-349-2943 www.bleespiano.com Author of The Business of Piano Tuning available from Potter Press www.pianotuning.com -----Original Message----- From: Brian Doepke <bdoepke at verizon.net> To: pianotech at ptg.org Sent: Wed, 9 Jul 2008 3:24 pm Subject: hammers separated from bottom of molding 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. What type of adhesive is the best to use? Wood glue? PVE glue? What type of clamps….any kind? Thank you. Brian P. Doepke, RPT A.A.A. Piano Works, LLC Piano Tuning + Service aaapianoworks at verizon.net -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20080710/ce39ff0a/attachment.html
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