Hi Terry & List; Good question! Many times important terms that are widely accepted are not known by everyone who wants to or should, know. Juicing is the term for applying a solution to hammers to increase their hardness. Popular solutions are clear lacquer or sanding sealer thinned with lac thinner to your favorite or appropriate solution(10-1, 8-1,4-1 etc), or acetone and keytop solution diluted much the same way. Pianotek has keytop material already ground up & ready to thin. Feel free to post me privately, Terry, or keep these questions coming for the list. Happy juicing! Regards David David C. Brown RPT School of Music The University of Texas at Austin dcbrown@mail.utexas.edu
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