Upright Hammer Shank Replacement - Piano Tuning & Repair I HOWARD PIANO INDUSTRIES

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Upright Hammer Shank Replacement - Piano Tuning & Repair I HOWARD PIANO INDUSTRIES
Replacing a broken hammer shank on an upright piano. This video goes through step by step the process of replacing a hammer shank on an upright piano.
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🎥 Video Chapters
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00:00 - Intro
00:40 - Removing the Hammer Assembly
02:57 - Hammer Head and Butt Removal
11:52 - Hammer Head Boring Jig Demonstration
12:52 - Hammer Head Plier/Cutter Demonstration
13:51 - Hammer Head Shank Reducer Demonstration
15:50 - Glue Process (CA Glue)
19:33 - Putting Back the Hammer Assembly
22:36 - Cutting the Hammer Shank
24:35 - Glue Process (Hammer Head)
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✔️ Hypo Oiler
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✔️ Shank cutter
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✔️ Piano Hammer Bore-Out Guide
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✔️ Hammer Shank Reducer
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✔️ Cyanoacrylate (CA) Glue - Super Thin
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✔️ Upright Piano Hammer Shanks
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@saveriosalerno9232 8 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much my friend, I have always so much to learn from a skilled piano technician who you are, your website is a treasure trove of knowledge and know-how. Congratulations again and greetings by your student surfer Italian. Saverio Salerno

@071453Baxter 4 жыл бұрын

I have an old spinet that was left curbside to be hauled off. It has been painted with some kind of white paint, and some of the keys have some pretty bad lost action. I want to refurbish this old "Freebie". I have started watching your videos in hopes of making this as painless a process as possible. Thank you for taking the time to make these "How To's" for us lesser skilled heathen.

@tomlloyd9400 4 жыл бұрын

Too much trouble to get results out of this.

@sealed2mybff Жыл бұрын

Thank you for this! Because of this video, I'm able to fix the broken shanks on my upright piano. I'm not replacing, just fixing.

@howardpianoind Жыл бұрын

Glad it helped!

@gantmj 7 жыл бұрын

Your junk demonstration action is in a lot better shape than the one in my own piano that I'm repairing.

@christianwouters6764 3 жыл бұрын

I put a little damp cloth around the butt and the hammerhead and apply a hot hair styling pliers . After about 1 minute the shank is loose without anything being damaged. Moreover, it is in most cases possible to do this without taking the part out of the action, which saves a lot of time.

@gdblackthorn4137 Жыл бұрын

I have two keys that do not move at all they will not press downward whatsoever. I removed the bridal strap and proceeded to find the screw which holds the hammer assembly. While looking for the screw I noticed that the entire assembly was already loose and moved entirely freely. I proceeded to remove the hammer assembly and found it came out without removing any screw (which I never could find by the way). I found that the hammer butt flange was not attached to the butt when I removed it and the pin for the flange was still mysteriously in place in the butt. I looked into the vacant space where the hammer assembly used to reside and saw a brass piece of metal still attached to the piano. I stumbled upon one on your website which I found was a Brass Hammer Butt Plate. I found that you sold the butt plates and also sold the tool that installs them. I can find nothing whatsoever on how to install one. I have no idea where the hammer butt flange could have gone especially when the pin was still attached to the hammer assembly. It must have gotten completely destroyed somehow. I looked and still could not find those screws which are hidden behind the jacks. I have no idea of how to replace the hammer assembly even after I will have attached a replacement hammer butt flange. I have some pictures but no way to send them to you. I already sent a contact message on the Howard Piano Industries website. Any help would be greatly appreciated since I will have need of tools and parts from your website. Thanks.

@petercacioppo7050 7 жыл бұрын

It would be helpful if you would move your mic closer or turn up the gain on your mic. Very hard to hear on all your videos, although they are all very helpful.

@kyleunderwood1653 6 жыл бұрын

Peter Cacioppo turn your volume up , douu!

@DARANGULAFILM Жыл бұрын

A veteran piano repairer some 60 years ago when I was a kid pointed to burn marks near the shank/hammer junction. He said a heating tool was clamped on the soften the glue for removal and replacement of a hammer head. Would there be any utility in dampening the glue joint then giving the hammer assembly a short time in a microwave oven?

@howardpianoind Жыл бұрын

I have never heard of using a microwave to loosen a glue joint in piano work. After dampening the glue joint you can use a lighter ( I use the kind with a long tube for lighting a stove ) and move the flame back and forth around the glue joint to heat it. I try to not scorch the wood by moving the flame around quickly.

@medievalmusiclover 8 жыл бұрын

Very interesting videos Mr. Howard. Thank for your patience to show us Your knowledge. I have a question for You. I am musician ( Pianist), But iam really interesting to learn more about it. I am located in Texas. Could You please recomend or suggest any good piano repair school to study? Thank You.

@howardpianoind 8 жыл бұрын

The Randy Potter School of Piano Technology is a good correspondence course that is very thorough in teaching basic and intermediate level instruction on piano tuning and service. There are several schools but I don't believe there are any in Texas.

@medievalmusiclover 8 жыл бұрын

Thank You Mr.Howard. God Bless You!!!!!

@rogerd4559 2 жыл бұрын

do you sell good used hammer sets for uprights

@howardpianoind 2 жыл бұрын

No, we do not sell used hammer sets. The job of replacing hammers is very labor intensive so it is rarely worth the effort to install used hammers when new ones could be used for a a little more money.

@arnastubuttwehak994 4 жыл бұрын

Hot water works a lot better on hide glue, than cold.

@pianosurabaya 3 жыл бұрын

What is the name of the tool to remove the hammer

@howardpianoind 3 жыл бұрын

It is called the Upright Hammer Head and Butt Extractor: www.howardpianoindustries.com/upright-piano-hammer-head-butt-extractor/

@715planets6 Жыл бұрын

On all your videos , the audio is too quiet. Please investigate. Thanks.

@jakegyllenhaal6088 5 жыл бұрын

22:35 I heard a woman laughing

@SuperPianoman2010 8 жыл бұрын

surely water will just swell the wood? ,,,,,, I would use a hot iron tip to either shrink the wood and/or melt the glue

@howardpianoind 8 жыл бұрын

Hi Colin, Thanks for your suggestion. The reason for the water is that in most cases the glue used would be water based so by applying the water, it would soften the glue so the part could be removed. It does depend on what kind of glue was used though.

@betterwithagethezolps4608 3 жыл бұрын

M...."

@michelprimeau4531 2 жыл бұрын

That's a tedious work. 20min for 1 shank if things goes smoothly. That's almost 30 hours for the whole piano...

@howardpianoind 2 жыл бұрын

Once you start in the process it gets faster. If you were doing the whole set, you would get a system going which would speed up the process.

@michelprimeau4531 2 жыл бұрын

@@howardpianoind Thanks I was a bit discouraged.

@themike97_58 9 ай бұрын

now u know why its so expensive to get this done professionally. all new hammers is $1k just in parts, and then 20+ hours of labor on top of it.

@jbrockettm 5 жыл бұрын

Close ups of the action points (screw, etc.) would be helpful. Also, "you might have noticed I removed...." is definitely not helpful. Show us, don't refer back to something you did before...

@715planets6 Жыл бұрын

Do you also realise that your hands are right in front of the camera.