Al Jeschke, This is the second post I've seen from you with no comments, just the quotes. Is there a problem? Avery >>Don't forget to reset the let-off and drop after conditioning the knuckles. >>Jon Page >>Harwich Port, Cape Cod, Mass. (jpage@capecod.net) >>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >>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 >>> >>> >>> >> >>Jon Page >>Harwich Port, Cape Cod, Mass. (jpage@capecod.net) >>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ _____________________________________ Avery Todd, RPT Moores School of Music University of Houston 713-743-3226 atodd@uh.edu http://www.uh.edu/music/ _____________________________________
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