Wally Brooks did an all day seminar on hammers at the last convention, I think. In it was shown some video. Some hammers, he said, are made under such heat and pressure that the fibres actually are bonded together..... That being the case, it would seem to me that virtually nothing would do anything which would prove musical...... les bartlett -----Original Message----- From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of A440A at aol.com Sent: Friday, November 02, 2007 9:19 PM To: pianotech at ptg.org Subject: Re: Voicing down hammers Phil writes: << They're still as hard as concrete and they're not whispering yet. They're still too hard for needles. I soaked the hammers 4x in Acetone and steamed them 4x and 5x in the bass. >> Exactly how are you steaming these hammers? I have never seen a hammer that wouldn't react to steam,(some even fall apart). Ed Foote RPT http://www.uk-piano.org/edfoote/index.html www.uk-piano.org/edfoote/well_tempered_piano.html <BR><BR><BR>**************************************<BR> See what's new at http://www.aol.com</HTML> No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.503 / Virus Database: 269.15.18/1104 - Release Date: 11/01/2007 6:47 PM
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