Barbara said: "Anyway, I'd like to try softening the shoulders to try for a bit > more sustain on a few notes that are pretty hard with lacquer. Barbara, Hmmm? I don't think steaming will effect hammers with lacquer. Try some Acetone on the crown(s). This will wash the lacquer down into the lower area of the hammer, where, I think, firmness is a good thing. Then, as RicB suggests, needles for evening out and getting the tone you want. Steam, IMHO, is for those "BB" hard thingees that some manufacturers call hammers.<G> Best Regards, Joe Garrett, RPT, (Oregon) Captain, Tool Police Squares Are I
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