Dope needs dope dope

[Keith Roberts]

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MessageFrom what Eric Shandel (sp ?) the S&S tech said at a convention =
class, lacquer solution is the desired hardener. I think the desired =
strength is 1/3 to 1/5, depending on the hammer and the desired effect.=20
You load the plastic squeeze bottle/ hypo oiler and place the tip about =
a 1/4" lower than the strike point, and fill the hammer. All the way to =
the top so the strike point even starts to color. If this this is too =
bright, a squirt of acetone will wash the lacquer down into the hammer. =
He used the plastic keytop solution as a final brightener on individual =
strings.
S&S are cold pressed hammers like Ronsons. Give Dale Erwin a call, 209 =
577 8397, or email if they are Ronsons. He uses a lot of them. I'll be =
in his shop tomorrow too. I might be doing just what we are talking =
about. I tried to leave on Tuesday with  about 3 hours worth of work =
left on an action reg and a 'see you next week'  and he twisted my arm a =
little to finish it up.=20
He said "The last person that worked for me did that to me too and left =
it at this stage. (Whine) Now's the point when you need to take it to =
the next level and refine the reg,    ( dampers included ) then pull the =
pitch up  settle and level the strings, tune it, then you can voice it." =

The picture of myself in the high eastern Sierras, sitting next to a =
creek in the hot springs held strong for a second or two as I struggled =
with the knowledge that he was right.=20
Well, call if you want. If they are a tensioned or hot pressed hammer, =
pound on them, with a hammer. Give 'em five. They need to wake up.=20
Keith Roberts

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  From: Alan=20
  To: Pianotech ; Pianotech=20
  Sent: Wednesday, August 20, 2003 11:23 AM
  Subject: Dope needs dope dope


  I've made a batch of plastic keytop in acetone and am about to put it =
on the new bass hammers that I installed in a Baldwin 6000.  Even after =
filing and many hours of playing, these hammers sound like mooshy =
marshmallows floofing up against the strings. Questions: How much dope =
per hammer? Where should I put it on the hammers and where should I NOT =
put it? Any other dope dope appreciated.=20

  Side note:=20

  I did the Randy Potter course and have picked up much at PTG chapter =
meetings and from you wonderful people on the list, but mostly it's been =
on-the-job, on-my-own, and learn-from-your-mistakes for me over the last =
three years. But it sure seems that there is a not very short list of =
things that reeeeeally should be learned with tutelage--and this =
includes voicing.=20

  I think it just isn't sufficient to read about techniques; you have to =
hear examples and learn to listen to subtleties that just aren't present =
in 98.632% of the neglected pianos in rural America. Most customers =
can't really hear or appreciate the difference and won't be paying for =
it. So there is precious little practice opportunity.

  THIS piano, however, demands attention and resides in the practice =
hall of some very professional musicians of the 399th Army Band. So I =
must venture!

  Next conference, I'm going to spend the bucks and get into every =
voicing workshop I can!

  Alan R. Barnard
  Salem, MO



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