hammer softening liquid

[David Love]

Brian:

Did you say that the customer didn't want you to use needles, or were you
asking if there was a way to do it without needles?  I read your message to
mean the later.  My advice is use needles.  The small voicing tool for
uprights made by Yamaha (held between your thumb and forefinger) with a
single needle in it will give you enough maneuverability to work
effectively.  Liquids are a shortcut to disaster if you don't know what
you're doing and it is likely not the best approach anyway.

David Love

----- Original Message -----
From: <JIMRPT@AOL.COM>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: January 11, 2002 3:13 PM
Subject: Re: hammer softening liquid


>
> In a message dated 11/01/02 4:01:41 PM, doepke@fwi.com writes:
>
> <<" I have a client who wishes me to soften up the tone his Baldwin
Hamilton.
>
> Without needling the hammers,...................
>
> He seemed a little leery of applying anything to the hammers to soften the
>
> tome. ">>
>
> Brian;
>  If he doesn't want you to needle or use applications of something the
only
> thing left that I am aware of is the ole Vise Grip method..............you
> are kinda at the clients mercy here......I think I would explain what is
> possible..........give him the option to choose which method y'all are
gonna
> use and make it 'his' responsibility...chances are that nothing you do
will
> be satisfactory to him(just a gut feeling)......
> Jim Bryant (FL)
>