Removing old Damper Underfelt S&S'A'

[Joe And Penny Goss]

Michael,
The vinigar acts the same as wall paper remover or other surfactant.
Joe Goss RPT
Mother Goose Tools
imatunr@srvinet.com
www.mothergoosetools.com
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Michael Gamble" <michael@gambles.fsnet.co.uk>
To: <justpianos@our.net.au>; <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Sunday, September 04, 2005 11:04 AM
Subject: RE: Removing old Damper Underfelt S&S'A'


> Thanks Bruce and Duaine et al,
>  I've managed with my dedicated steam generator and expensive sprung wood
> clamp to remove those tough little felts. Thanks for the info, I shall
know
> better next time! Sorry the photo was not focussed very well!
> BTW that vinegar... is it ordinary Malt Vinegar or Cider, or Wine or
> Balsamic ... or does it matter?
> And Douaine are you OK down in St.Louis? We have been getting the most
> atrocious news about that area.
> Michael G.(UK)
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: justpianos@our.net.au [mailto:justpianos@our.net.au]
> Sent: 04 September 2005 07:49
> To: Pianotech
> Subject: Re: Removing old Damper Underfelt S&S'A'
>
> Hi List,
> Try warming the vinegar first to speed the glue softening.
> Bruce Browning - The Piano Tuner
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> Hechler Family <dahechler@charter.net> said:
>
> > Michael,
> >
> > That sounds like a very long process.
> >
> > I found that soaking the felt with vinegar, which in turn soaks the
> > under laying hide glue, will disolve the glue enough, the felt will
> > usually peel right off.
> >
> > I've also used this process for antique pump organs.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Duaine
> >
> > Michael Gamble wrote:
> >
> > >Hello all
> > >Here I am removing the underfelt from the damper heads of my S&S 'A'.
> Note
> > >the dedicated steam generator and expensive spring operated wooden
clamp
> > >technique.
> > >Regards from a sunny early evening in The Village
> > >Michael G.(UK)
> > >
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