Shellac and Everclear

[jolly roger]

Hi Bob,
              C & A stock of any piano company is not representitive of
their production pianos.  First they get the pick of the litter coming from
production, then countless hours of fine detailed work by very competent
technicians, before going into service.  Hammer life is relatively short
lived,  from technician wear and tear.  <G>  Voice up a little, voice down
a little, neddle the sceamer's, many light reshapings etc. Keytop hardener
is used for a fast fix, since the expectation is that hammers don't last in
this situation.  The piano literally lives it's life, from concert to
concert, artist to artist.  New York is different since there is a full
stable of pianos, and a lot of choices for the artist.
When you have an artist complaining, you have 2 days of rehearsals to make
the piano ready for performance. Between practice times, and rehearsals,
you do what ever you can to keep every happy.  ( Not always possible)
Just some random thoughts.
Roger


At 12:16 PM 7/21/01 -0400, you wrote:
>David Love writes:
>
>> If you read the entire reply you will see that I said that I would not use
>>  keytop solution to build up the overall firmness of the hammer.
>
>David, 
>I meant no offense. I did read the entire reply; you were clear that you 
>didn't recommend it, and I wasn't responding directly to your method. I was 
>actually meaning only to clarify further that the factory and the C&A 
>department are two different entities, and that you won't find all-keytop 
>juiced hammers, so far as I know, in the Steinway system. I don't think you 
>will even find keytop in production (non-C&A) instruments. Anyone out there 
>know different?
>
>I enjoy your posts (read 'em all the way through).
>Bob
>