---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment Of course the problem with Vodka is that if a teacher comes in at an unopportune moment... :):) Actaully.. I have tried both steaming and spirits... and experience that the hammers wear down quicker. I've come round to the point that needles, used appropriately do the job better then any thing else in nearly every instance. Spliting hammers because of needles just tells me the origional comment on the leading post to this thread was correct... they'd been subjected to over needling. And I can certainly relate to the problem with students and (some) faculty Otto gave. Still... the problem(s) remains... and the best way of dealing with them IMB is to meet them head on... firmly, patiently, politely... steadfastly... but no beat'n around the Bush.... y :) Cheers RicB Susan Kline wrote: > At 04:23 PM 9/17/2003 -0500, Kent wrote: > >> Trash the glover's needles, stick with some good "sharps", and I bet >> hammers won't split. > > > Vodka -- vodka -- vodka ................... a little bit, a bit > less, and even less than that. Right where the hammer and the string > collide. I find that if you steam hammers which have been needled at > the strike point, even lightly, but several times, you will raise a > ridge at the ends of the strike lines, and a sort of fluffy depression > in between them. Vodka seems to cause less of this. > > Susan > -- Richard Brekne RPT, N.P.T.F. UiB, Bergen, Norway mailto:rbrekne@broadpark.no http://home.broadpark.no/~rbrekne/ricmain.html http://www.hf.uib.no/grieg/personer/cv_RB.html ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/caut.php/attachments/be/15/ea/e1/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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