---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment It seems that the subject has become confused. The original question was how ;long to wait after applying LACQUER. A response was made but refering to ACETONE / KEYTOP. Wim, you now apply the post that a S & S tech used with Actone / keytop to Lacquer. For those of us who wish to stay on the same page ... which are we talking about???? Greg Wimblees@aol.com wrote: > In a message dated 12/3/01 11:38:08 AM Central Standard Time, > jbaird@fgi.net writes: > > > >> Using the acetone/keytop solution (in this case to bring up the tone >> of the >> whole piano), he brushes a small amount on the crown, then slides >> the action >> back in and immediately pounds it in while shifting into both >> positions. He >> mutes the strings with his finger while pounding--maybe just to >> spare his >> ears, I don't know. The result is a very even and slightly brighter >> tone. In >> any case, there was no waiting before playing. >> >> John Baird >> Millikin University >> Decatur, Illinois >> > > John > > It would seem to me that the process of pounding is creating a > brighter tone more that the lacquer. If you pound right away, I don't > think the lacquer will have a chance to soak into fibers of the > hammers. I also think by pounding the string hard right away, it will > force the lacquer right back out of the hammer, and onto the strings. > It would be like putting a brush in the lacquer and then right away > hitting the side of the handle again the table. The lacquer would come > right off the brush. > > Wim -- Greg Newell mailto:gnewell@ameritech.net ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/caut.php/attachments/62/0c/b7/a0/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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