In the past with well glued cork...I use a thin blade ex-acto knife to cut through in an X pattern...repeat several times...then turn the blade..it gets most...then ream GENTLY with a drill bit. Any residue I cleaned out with a small grinder on a moto tool. Clean as a whistle. Little extra time. Richard the "Piano Guy" Piano Moving-Tuning-Repairs-Refinishing www.thepianoguy.webs.com From: pnotuner at rochester.rr.com To: pianotech at ptg.org Date: Thu, 20 May 2010 12:06:26 -0400 Subject: [pianotech] Bridal Straps I have a question about a Heinzman upright I am reconditioning. (mouse infested, but not too bad) It also has had some previous reconditioning including restringing and new hammers (on old shanks and butts, unfortunately). The straps had also been replaced but need to be replaced again. The problem is that the corks have been glued in with industrial strength glue and won’t come out. I can cut the strap flush with the cork and use clip-ons, or I can cut the bottoms off the catchers and use clip-ons. I’m interested in knowing what anyone else has done in this situation and opinions about which way will yield the better looking results. I should mention that I broke one of the catchers at the cork hole already so I’m leaning towards removing the bottom half of the catcher. Also what tool would you use to cut with, side cutters, shank nippers? Thanks Bill Costanzo www.RochesterPianoTuner.com Restoring harmony to the world, one piano at a time _________________________________________________________________ Win $10,000 from Hotmail! Enter Here. http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9729708 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20100520/d4dec849/attachment.htm> -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image001.gif Type: image/gif Size: 4556 bytes Desc: not available URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20100520/d4dec849/attachment.gif>
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