[CAUT] Getting lacquer out of hammers

[David Love]

I would be careful there as the thinner will dissolve the plastic and you'll
have a nice coating of plastic on the hammer you're trying to rid of
plastic.  

 

David Love

www.davidlovepianos.com

 

From: caut-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of Dennis
Johnson
Sent: Monday, December 08, 2008 2:04 PM
To: College and University Technicians
Subject: Re: [CAUT] Getting lacquer out of hammers

 

Hi-

The only additional trick I would add to what already has been said is that
it can be helpful to quickly wrap the hammers by section with plastic to
slow evaporation and let the thinner work more effectively. They don't have
to be wrapped for a long time, but depends.  Maybe an hour or so, then rinse
out with more.  I use the maple packing strips from Renner shank boxes to
clamp plastic around the hammers with low tension spring clamps.  Might as
well take something in advance for the headache you are likely to get from
the fumes. 

good luck,

Dennis Johnson
St. Olaf 
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On Mon, Dec 8, 2008 at 1:41 PM, Horace Greeley <hgreeley at sonic.net> wrote:


Hi Israel,

Contact me offline on this...done it lots...may know those hammers.

Best.


Horace


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From: Israel Stein
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Sent: Dec 8, 2008 11:20 AM
Subject: [CAUT] Getting lacquer out of hammers

Hello,

I know that there is a thread about this somewhere in the list archives, but
the archives went away with the server move and won't be back in time to do
this over Winter Break, if possible, so...

I have a set of overlacquered Steinway hammers sitting on the shelf here at
SFSU that I would love to be able to re-use - since our parts budget here is
fast disappearing into the 12 billion dollar California deficit. Is there
any way to get most of that lacquer out of these hammers, and if so, how?

Israel Stein
Piano Technician
Creative Arts Technical Services
San Francisco State University




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