PD 520

[Jon Page]

Don't forget to reset the let-off and drop after conditioning the knuckles.
Jon Page
Harwich Port, Cape Cod, Mass. (jpage@capecod.net)
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At 12:43 AM 4/9/97 -0400, you wrote:
>As I have tried many
>methods the longest lasting I have found involves saturating the inside felt
>of each knuckle with a 50-50 mixture of alcahol and fabric softener. While
>they are good and wet squeeze the outside from front to back with duck bill
>pliers. When this all dries, in a couple of hours, use Teflon powder and
>check your hammer height. When you get the hammers back up off the rail to a
>reasonable height, the whole thing will play a lot better. In case you
>missed it the hammers are always too low when you find this condition as the
>pounding has packed the lifter felt as well as the knuckles.

>Ferdinand Pointer, RPT
>Clearwater, FL
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Jon Page
Harwich Port, Cape Cod, Mass. (jpage@capecod.net)
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