Gluing felt to moldings

[Farrell]

I have glued several sets of hammers like this. I use thick CA and finger clamp for several seconds - that's it, then move on to next hammer. My experience is that hammer tone - on pianos with hammers coming unglued - is preserved with this method - the re-glued hammers have tone consistent with hammers that had not come unglued.

Each time I have reglued hammers has been on 40-something-year-old Aeolean-type spinets and consoles. If the hammer in question is on a two year old Bosendorfer concert grand, tone on the repaired hammer may be an issue, but not on an older worn piano.

Terry Farrell
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  Do any of you have suggestions for gluing hammer felts back down to the molding?  I have a customer that can't afford new hammers and any suggestions would be appreatiated.  Are there any clamps that would work better or any ordinary ways of doing it.  I know that they are glued under stress in the factory, and if they are just glued down, they will sound dull.  Thanks in advance for any help.



  William Benjamin
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