---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment In a message dated 12/3/01 11:38:08 AM Central Standard Time, jbaird@fgi.net writes: > Using the acetone/keytop solution (in this case to bring up the tone of the > whole piano), he brushes a small amount on the crown, then slides the action > back in and immediately pounds it in while shifting into both positions. He > mutes the strings with his finger while pounding--maybe just to spare his > ears, I don't know. The result is a very even and slightly brighter tone. In > any case, there was no waiting before playing. > > John Baird > Millikin University > Decatur, Illinois > > John It would seem to me that the process of pounding is creating a brighter tone more that the lacquer. If you pound right away, I don't think the lacquer will have a chance to soak into fibers of the hammers. I also think by pounding the string hard right away, it will force the lacquer right back out of the hammer, and onto the strings. It would be like putting a brush in the lacquer and then right away hitting the side of the handle again the table. The lacquer would come right off the brush. Wim ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/caut.php/attachments/38/67/b0/65/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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