Ed---right spot-on, as usual. We bow to your crafts, both language and piano. On Jun 12, 2007, at 9:34 AM, A440A at aol.com wrote: > Wayne writes: > << > I just treated the strike point with steam, maybe I should try the > shoulders > also. Wayne >> > > Greetings, > Maybe you should start with the shoulders. Steam releases > fibers, which > if overdone on the crown will often ruin the hammer. If you turn the > shoulders into marshmallows, you can often get a needle into the > compression zone > under the strike point and actually create some resilience. > Steaming the strike point can leave you with a layers of > totally dead > felt over a rock. I have had good luck with steaming the shoulders > first, then > seeing what the needles found deeper in the hammer. If there is no > resilience > created by relaxing some of the compression, there will be very > poor tone and > a very short time before the hammers sounds harsh, again. > Regards, >
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