Heavenly days! What the heck kind of pianos are you whakking? I have been using my double hammer whakker for a month or more and have yet to clean/file it because it is not so dirty. Certainly not leaving black marks on white keys. Is there a certain brand on piano that does this? I doesn't sound (perhaps look would be more appropriate) good. Terry Farrell Piano Tuning & Service Tampa, Florida mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "pianolover 88" <pianolover88@hotmail.com> To: <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: Saturday, February 10, 2001 10:30 PM Subject: Key thumper maintenance > I use an upright bass hammer(with a padded ball attached, which fits into my > palm) as a key whacker also, but find that about half way thru a normal > tuning, I have to use my emory file to remove the black build up from > striking the sharp keys! If I fail to do this, at least periodically, the > black residue will stick to the white keys and look bad. This, though, is > the only set back to using my thumper, but well worth it. I'm wondering if I > apply protek, which seals the felt, or even coat the hammer with McLube, if > it will reduce or eliminate the sharp black from sticking to the felt. > > > Terry Peterson > Precision Piano Service > Torrance, CA > > _________________________________________________________________ > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com > >
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