Reminds me of prepping a D for a Steinway Artist that wanted more out of the killer octaves. I decided on shellac as the hammers really weren't played in yet. The site manager was helpful and ran off to the store to get some hair spray, redolent with botanicals--the best! One whiff of that and I headed off to Lowes. Andrew Anderson At 09:58 AM 4/5/2007, you wrote: >ROTFL >Joe Goss RPT >Mother Goose Tools ><mailto:imatunr at srvinet.com>imatunr at srvinet.com >www.mothergoosetools.com >----- Original Message ----- >From: <mailto:pwilliams4 at unlnotes.unl.edu>Paul T Williams >To: <mailto:annie at allthingspiano.com>annie at allthingspiano.com ; ><mailto:caut at ptg.org>College and University Technicians >Sent: Thursday, April 05, 2007 8:41 AM >Subject: Re: [CAUT] Experiment Success > > >Whether or not it would work, the piano would smell like a pickle >forever...pw > > >"Annie Grieshop" <<mailto:annie at allthingspiano.com>annie at allthingspiano.com> >Sent by: <mailto:caut-bounces at ptg.org>caut-bounces at ptg.org > >04/05/2007 09:00 AM >Please respond to ><mailto:annie at allthingspiano.com>annie at allthingspiano.com; Please respond to >College and University Technicians <<mailto:caut at ptg.org>caut at ptg.org> > >To >"College and University Technicians" <<mailto:caut at ptg.org>caut at ptg.org> >cc >Subject >Re: [CAUT] Experiment Success > > > > > >If a wool sweater shrinks when washed, soaking it in vinegar will >relax the fibers and allow it to be reshaped. Will that work on >hammers? I don't have anything handy that would be a fair test. Is >vinegar too acidic for strings? It could be neutralized, but that >would mean another hammer treatment. > >Annie Grieshop >Iowa (Hi, Richard!) >-----Original Message----- >From: caut-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces at ptg.org]On Behalf Of >Richard Adkins >Sent: Thursday, April 05, 2007 8:34 AM >To: Caut >Subject: [CAUT] Experiment Success > >Someone asked if there might be a way to make your own fabric >softener/hammer softener....you'd want to know the ingredients....I >guess you'll need to be a chemist or know one to get the proportions.... > >You can find out ingredients by looking here: > ><http://householdproducts.nlm.nih.gov/cgi-bin/household/prodtree?prodcat=Home+inside&purpose=Laundry&type=fabric+softener>http://householdproducts.nlm.nih.gov/cgi-bin/household/prodtree?prodcat=Home+inside&purpose=Laundry&type=fabric+softener > > >click on the brand type....you can click on the ingredient name once >the brand page is >up...some have fancy names for what they put in there....I like the >one they call "hydrogenated tallow"...now that sounds like something >we'd like toput in a nice set of german piano hammers, doesn't it? > >Downy does not list their ingredients, so I'm not sure if what you >can find will actually work like Downy >does....here's some more....also found in some hair rinses....leave >the hair soft and silky.....maybe you >could give the piano a real silky tone with it? > >(C14-C18) Dialkyldimethylammonium methyl sulfate > >Di (C14-1S-alkyl) dimethyl methyl sulfate > >Didn't we used to have a Chemist/Caut member, or was that over on >the other PTG list? > >"Science.enotes.com" has an article you might read: > ><http://science.enotes.com/how-products-encyclopedia/fabric-softener>http://science.enotes.com/how-products-encyclopedia/fabric-softener > > >cheers... > >Richard Adkins >Coe College -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/caut.php/attachments/20070405/5cfff4d2/attachment.html
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