hard hammers

[Farrell]

Me too Howard. BUT still be careful. I popped at set of hammers apart on an
old spinet a while back - yes maybe they were ready to go anyway, but the
steaming was the final straw! ..........And I DID use a LOT of steam - quite
an EXTREME application of the method Roger Jolly has described.

Terry Farrell
Piano Tuning & Service
Tampa, Florida
mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com

----- Original Message -----
From: "Howard S. Rosen" <hsrosen@gate.net>
To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Thursday, January 18, 2001 8:17 AM
Subject: hard hammers


> <!--StartFragment-->I highly recommend giving the hammers a good blast of
> 50/50 water
> and alcohol.  I don't use fabric softener.  I have found that the
> results are about the same.  You may need several applications if
> they are exceptionally hard- the shoulders, strike point, the
> works.  You will discover that this is a GREAT way to voice
> hammers once you get the hang of it.  I use the stuff even in
> fine voicing a drop at a time in specific areas.  It really cuts
> down on the amount of needling required and if you are skilled at
> it you will be amazed at how close you can get without so much as
> a pin prick, (although I recommend the "fine tuning" so to speak
> with the needle).  Anyway, yes, drown them.  It won't hurt them,
> it is reversible, and they ain't gunna be hard no more.
>
> Rob Goodale, RPT
> Las Vegas, NV
>
> *********************
> I used to do this before I learned about steam voicing. Too many times the
> 50/50 alcohol/water caused the hammers to come off the mouldings. Caused
me
> a lot of trouble. I am now a devotee of steam.
>
>
> Howard S. Rosen, RPT
> 7262 Angel Falls Ct.
> Boynton Beach, Fl  33437
>
> hsrosen@gate.net
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