Voicing down hammers - part2

[Avery Todd]

Hi Phil,

Did you use Everclear? LOL

Avery

On Nov 11, 2007 10:48 AM, Phil Bondi <phil at philbondi.com> wrote:
> Good morning all.
>
> I opened a thread last week about voicing down
> rocks-at-the-end-of-hammer-shanks. I want to let
> you know that 2 suggestions worked just fine -
> alcohol(Dave Love)instead of acetone..and vice
> grips(Mr.Jon Page). I was able to get the
> texture of the hammers using alcohol to the
> point that vice grips would actually make a
> difference. As an aside, I am going to steam
> them once and needle the fine points before
> sending this piano off to the client. It will
> literally whisper when that player system is
> down to its lowest volume. It's pretty good now,
> and it will get softer after steam/needles.
>
> I got much better results using alcohol as
> opposed to acetone, and I have been under the
> impression that acetone is the preferred liquid
> to soften these types of hammers. I get them
> softer in 1/2 the time it took me using acetone
> as opposed to alcohol. I'm glad I asked the
> question.
>
> Thanks,
>
> -Phil Bondi(Fl)
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