Paul, I am surprised by your attitude toward VS Profelt. I have used it on bushing with great results. It is great to work on hammers that are hard and don't hold their voicing with needling that well. I have put them on some new U1s that students loved except for the harsh tone. After needling and having the hammers return to their original harshness, I put a few drops of VS Profelt on the hammers and they now sound great. Would I use VS Profelt as something to be used for a fine voicing job on a concert grand. Hardly. But, it works great on hammers that you know are going to give you problems. I have used it on some Baldwin Hamiltons and it gives them somewhat decent tone. The university would not want me to spend a lot of time on these old Baldwins so a few drops and the pianos actually sound pretty good for what they are. Try it sometime. I know that you are a good enough of a tech that you will not over do the VS Profelt. It can make hammers into mush if you put too much on. God bless Bill Balmer,RPT Ohio Northern University and the University of Findlay In a message dated 08/05/10 17:29:06 Atlantic Daylight Time, pwilliams4 at unlnotes.unl.edu writes: Fred, Yes, just a bit longer than steaming on the hammers. I've never put it on leather.....why would I? leather is leather..it dries out or gets worn out and I don't think there is a way to fix it other than replacing. Is VS a waste of money, then? I'm starting to think so. Paul From: Fred Sturm <fssturm at unm.edu> To: caut at ptg.org Date: 08/05/2010 03:19 PM Subject: Re: [CAUT] lanolin in hammers/VS pro-felt? On Aug 5, 2010, at 2:01 PM, Paul T Williams wrote: Anyone tried the VS-Pro-felt in the grooves? I'm considering this on some uprights that nobody really cares about in the practice rooms...Isn't that why we call them "practice rooms"?? lol For fun, I tried some VS on some smashed in knuckles on this M I'm starting, but it really didn't do anything. I'm wondering what this stuff can REALLY do. I've tried it on whip cushions, key bushings, but have not really been happy with the results. You? Keep in mind that VSProfelt is mostly water. I'd guess 75% or more water. I would not put water on leather or hammers, so I wouldn't put VSP on either. Some other felts, like wipp cushions or lack regulating buttons, fine. For key bushings, it works well, but steam and heated cauls is much faster. I haven't found a particularly good use for it, myself. I have found that Downey and 70% isopropyl alcohol (IOW 30% water) in the grooves of old practice uprights has a positive and fairly long lived effect. A few drops on the surface. Certainly better than doing nothing. About the same as steaming, maybe longer lasting. Regards, Fred Sturm fssturm at unm.edu "I am only interested in music that is better than it can be played." Schnabel -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/caut.php/attachments/20100805/96c76434/attachment.htm>
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