no damage; the blocks are bone dry almost immediately after removing them from the pot. You can also hacksaw some slits in the side of the pot to keep the coat hanger wires in place. A comlete set can be steamed off clean in 10 minutes or so. pretty good eh? Terry Peterso ----Original Message Follows---- From: Thomas Cole <tcole@cruzio.com> Reply-To: tcole@cruzio.com, Pianotech <pianotech@ptg.org> To: Pianotech <pianotech@ptg.org> Subject: Re: damp-rack & steamer Date: Sun, 10 Oct 2004 18:09:12 -0700 Terry, Sounds good. Any damage to the finish on the damper heads? What kind of stew meat do you recommend? :-) Tom Cole Terry Peterson wrote: >Hello all! > >After reading through all the replies to my question regarding >"grand damper felt removal", I fiddled around and came up with a >couple cool ideas. The first is a "compact" damper rack that hold >all dampers easily and securely, and has a built in stand so the >damper wires won't touch the surface below. >The second is a great way to remove damper felt quickly, completely, >and no filing/sanding is required. I place as many as 30 or more >(ALL if container diameter is bigger) dampers in stew pot, each row >suspended by a couple pieces of coat hanger wire. This leaves about >2-3" of space between the bottom of the pot and the end of the >damper wires. fill pot with about 2" of water and heat just enough >to create continual steam. cover pot and return in 10-15 >minutes....most if not all felts, including red backs will either >drop off or can be easily pulled off clean from the block! Please >see the attached pics. Try it, you'll like it! > >Terry Peterson > > >[Photos at:] > >http://tinyurl.com/4elrx > >http://tinyurl.com/6lkxj > >http://tinyurl.com/5z4dq > > >[Direct ptg.org URLs:] > >https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/files/attachments/80/d1/32/3c/damp_rack.jpg > >https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/files/attachments/2d/ab/4b/f3/steam1.jpg > >https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/files/attachments/77/4d/30/d3/steam2.jpg > >_______________________________________________ >pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives > > _______________________________________________ pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives _________________________________________________________________ Get ready for school! Find articles, homework help and more in the Back to School Guide! http://special.msn.com/network/04backtoschool.armx
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