splaying hammers on Kawai console

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Good luck trying to get anything from Baldwin. There are many venders where you can purchase hammers. 

Why do you need to use a drill press vise? Vise grip will do the job using CA or CA - white glue combination.

Al Guecia


  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: richard.ucci at att.net 
  To: Pianotech List 
  Sent: Monday, March 24, 2008 9:28 AM
  Subject: Re: splaying hammers on Kawai console


  That method is all well and good for treble and upper treble, but what about the big fat bass hammers on this Baldwin that I can't get to close up even with a drill press vise? I'm getting ready to call Baldwin and order new ones.
  Thanks,
  RU/UP
    -------------- Original message from "wjstuner at juno.com" <wjstuner at juno.com>: -------------- 


    > Tom, I have not seen this on pianos of the last 20 years, but mostly on 
    > Aeolians or Baldwins. Whatever the cause, I have had great success in applying 
    > med CA glue carefully with an super thin palat knife. Then squeezing with 
    > vise-grips to close and spray with the activator. Hope this helps. 
    > 
    > 
    > Bill Schlipf 
    > Bloomington, IL 
    > 
    > -- Tom Sivak wrote: 
    > List 
    > 
    > I recently purchased (for resale) a Kawai console, 
    > model number unknown. The piano had two hammers on 
    > which the felt had come loose from the moulding and I 
    > replaced them. 
    > 
    > Looking at the piano more closely, I can see that 
    > there are another dozen hammers ! that ha ve just started 
    > to come loose. And by that I mean that if you look 
    > REAL closely, you can see that the very tip of the 
    > felt, farthest from the strike point is not quite 
    > flush with the wood. You could fit a razor blade 
    > under the edge of the felt on these hammers whereas 
    > the remaining ones are completely flush with the 
    > moulding. (All the hammers have staples.) 
    > 
    > Since I am reselling this piano, and I like to include 
    > a warranty with all my piano sales, I'm wondering your 
    > collective opinion on this situation. Will these 
    > hammers follow their fallen brothers and open up like 
    > a butterfly in time? 
    > 
    > What causes this to happen anyway? Heat? 
    > Moisture/water? This piano did indeed have a little 
    > water damage, but it seemed confined to the far bass 
    > end of the cabinet. No signs of water inside the 
    > piano, and furthermore, the h! ammers that separated 
    > were on the keys G6 and G#6, far from where the water 
    > was. 
    > 
    > If the adverse conditions that led to the hammers 
    > failing are no longer present, can I have any 
    > confidence in these hammers remaining viable for any 
    > length of time? 
    > 
    > Would it be prudent to apply a little glue to these 
    > hammers in hopes of reinforcing their bond with the 
    > moulding? 
    > 
    > Whaddyathink? 
    > 
    > Thanks in advance, 
    > Tom Sivak 
    > Chicago 
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