Michael, Re:Vinigar, It depends on your personal taste,and usage. I would not subistute wall paper paste,nor any other surficant on a salad or in a marinade. Cheers, Hubert ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joe And Penny Goss" <imatunr@srvinet.com> To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: Sunday, September 04, 2005 12:30 PM Subject: Re: Removing old Damper Underfelt S&S'A' > 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 > > > > > > > > > > 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) > > > > > > > >Download Photoshop(R) Album 2.0 Starter Edition free to create your own > > > >photo slideshows! > > > >http://www.adobe.com/getstarteredition > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > > > > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > > > > >_______________________________________________ > > > >pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > Duaine Hechler > > > Piano, Player Piano, Pump Organ > > > Tuning, Servicing & Rebuilding > > > Associate Member of the Piano Technicians Guild > > > Reed Organ Society Member > > > St. Louis, MO 63034 > > > (314) 838-5587 > > > dahechler@charter.net > > > www.hechlerpianoandorgan.com > > > _______________________________________________ > > > pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives > > > > _______________________________________________ > pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives
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