Fred, Brilliant! Dan On Dec 8, 2008, at 2:02 PM, Fred Sturm wrote: > -----Original Message----- > From: caut-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of > Israel > Stein > Sent: Monday, December 08, 2008 11:20 AM > To: caut at ptg.org > Subject: [CAUT] Getting lacquer out of hammers >> I have a set of overlacquered Steinway hammers sitting on the shelf >> here at SFSU that I would love to be able to re-use - since our parts >> budget here is fast disappearing into the 12 billion dollar >> California deficit. Is there any way to get most of that lacquer out >> of these hammers, and if so, how? >> >> Israel Stein > Hi Israel, > Here are photos of my method. The trough is constructed out of a 1 > gallon thinner can, cut with tin snips and bent (I have four of them). > I set the action on end, then rotate a section of hammers into the > trough, which I fill with a mix of lacquer thinner and acetone (the > acetone makes it evaporate out of the hammers faster). I like to set > up a few sections and have them soaking (put something over them to > keep the fumes down), swishing a little back and forth. After maybe 15 > minutes soaking, I raise a section at a time and blot out as much of > the thinner as I can with paper towels or equivalent. Usually I repeat > the process (depends how extreme the problem is). I find I get most of > the lacquer (or keytop or whatever) out of the felt using this method, > though there will always be a little residue. In any case, the hammers > become workable again. > Since yours are not installed, other setups are obviously > possible. I do think that soaking with a little agitation is the most > efficient method, as opposed to pouring thinner onto the hammer felt > and letting it run out. > <unknown.jpg> > PC080001.JPG > > > <unknown.jpg> > PC080002.JPG > > > <unknown.jpg> > PC080003.JPG > > > > > Regards, > Fred Sturm > University of New Mexico > fssturm at unm.edu > > > > <PC080001.jpg><PC080002.jpg><PC080003.jpg>
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