[CAUT] Lacquered hammers

[David Love]

I don't but if I can figure out which note they won't miss I'll take one.  

David Love
www.davidlovepianos.com


Excellent. Somehow I'd like to acquire a few such hammers and find a way to
have them assayed. Of course back then it was almost surely varnish or
shellac. This, too, has been alluded to often: the hardener was what was
already in the factory for other purposes.

Do you have any? If so, I'll find a chemist.

Doug

On Thu, 17 Feb 2011, David Love wrote:

> I've worked on several prewar (1920's) D's with original parts (hammers
> anyway) that didn't have lacquer.  Very lightweight hammer that you could
> practically penetrate with a needle held in your fingers.  In fact, I
don't
> think nitrocellulose lacquers were even invented until about 1920 or 1921?
I
> think it was awhile before they started using the stuff on hammers, though
I
> don't know for certain when that started.  I've heard various stories and
> most of them suggest it was certainly post WWII, perhaps much later.
>
> David Love
> www.davidlovepianos.com
>