Pianotech

  • 1.  Creative solutions

    Registered Piano Technician
    Posted 02-20-2019 01:06

    Guess that is one way to fix a loose hammer head, eh?  No, that was not me that did that . . .



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    Jim Fariss, RPT
    Black Forest Piano
    Black Forest, Colorado
    (719) 425-8845
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  • 2.  RE: Creative solutions

    Posted 02-20-2019 07:49
    quite some precision work. Wonder if they dripped a drop of glue in the hole before applying the screw?

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    Petrus Janssen
    Peachtree City GA
    678-416-8055
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  • 3.  RE: Creative solutions

    Registered Piano Technician
    Posted 02-20-2019 08:06
    Probably increased the strike weight by a gram or two also.

    Pwg

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    Peter Grey
    Stratham NH
    603-686-2395
    pianodoctor57@gmail.com
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  • 4.  RE: Creative solutions

    Registered Piano Technician
    Posted 02-21-2019 09:58
    What was your quote for installing the other 87?

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    Scott Cole, RPT
    rvpianotuner.com
    Talent, OR
    (541-601-9033
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  • 5.  RE: Creative solutions

    Member
    Posted 02-21-2019 10:31
    it would make hammer to string mating a lot easier. maybe aluminum screws would add very little weight . the hammer felt may have been a grand hammer felt pre-drilled. how do you get a screw hole into end grain of a hardwood shank ? why not get a full set of felts predrilled with holes  that can then be glued up and matched to the strings and later plugged ?

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    James Kelly
    Pawleys Island SC
    843-325-4357
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  • 6.  RE: Creative solutions

    Registered Piano Technician
    Posted 02-21-2019 10:42
    Why not, indeed?

    Let me count the ways ....

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    Susan Kline
    Philomath, Oregon
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