[pianotech] Loose hammer head felts.

[Allen Wright]

Many years ago (pre-super glue era) I had success using Titebond and  
spring clamps on unglued hammers in old or inexpensive uprights ...it  
wasn't necessarily pretty (clamp marks on the low shoulders of the  
hammers) but they seemed secure and worked fine afterwards. Superglue  
sounds like a better/quicker solution.

Allen Wright
On Aug 24, 2010, at 11:13 PM, Wim Blees wrote:

> Lee
>
> I have had success super gluing the felt, using needle nose vice  
> grips to hold the felt in place.
>
> Wim
>
>
> Sent from my HTC PURE™, a Windows® phone from AT&T
>
> From: lee innocent <ljinno at googlemail.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, August 24, 2010 9:43 AM
> To: pianotech at ptg.org
> Subject: [pianotech] Loose hammer head felts.
>
> Hello list,
> I am currently repairing a bentley upright about 40yrs old and the  
> hammer head felts on the bottom 15 hammers have started to come  
> loose, some have come off completely.  There are no rivets in the  
> felt they have just been glued on.
>
> My question is what is the best method to glue/clamp them back on.
>
> Thanks
> Lee

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