Acetone/keytop mix?

Vince Mrykalo REEVESJ@ucs.byu.edu
Thu, 12 Oct 1995 11:04:07 +0000 (MST7MDT)


>Mark Dierauf writes:
> They're new Steinway hammers, right out of the box, but are dated 5/94.
> I've used laquer in the past on Steinway hammers, but I think that this set will
> come up most of the way by simply hogging off a lot of the felt. The piano is at
> my place getting the new action, and in a small room with wood floors and no
> carpet. Final voicing will be done in the customer's home, in a rather large
> room, so I'd like to use something where I can see (hear) the results right
> away. Also , as I said before, I don't think that I'll need to bring them up too
> much.

I think you will find that lacquer is a must to bring those hammers
up.  I wouldn't use the keytop solution initially on S&S hammers.

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