<html> <body> Hi Jeff,              The Silver lining.  You get to install a new set of CF111 hammers, as I understand it, they are Werzen felt. And will only need minimal voicing. They certainly have that silky feel. When you order them make sure they are not old stock as the new part# is the same as the old #. Regards Roger At 08:06 PM 1/7/2006, you wrote: <blockquote type=cite class=cite cite="">Susan Kline wrote: <blockquote type=cite class=cite cite=""> At least, I've never had the opportunity to work on a set which have been submerged or over-steamed, to see if I could resuscitate them. Some skills it's just as well not to develop unless the necessity is dropped into one's lap ... which might happen to Jeff if matters proceed as he describes.</blockquote>List, That might well happen to me since I learned that the work was done today with what I believe are disastrous results.  However, the person who clued me into what transpired had this to say: "He (the tech) had his digital camera with him, and said I must look at his photos of the Yamaha he had just taken. He showed me several pictures of really ugly looking hammers, kinda like they had been attacked with a course rasp or something. He said this happened when he applied his al/h2o solution.  He thought it was the result of very aggressive, bad needling, and his water treatment relaxed the hammer felt, and the result was destroyed felt across the crown.  He said he was glad the adjunct was with him as his witness, so no one would think he did this to the hammers. (of course, maybe it could be argued that his water treatment did this to the hammers, I don't know).  He said the only way to fix the problem is new hammers." So apparently they are trying to turn this around to make it look like the alcohol was not the cause of making the hammers look bad (i.e. ruining them), but that the hammers were ruined before he did anything.  I haven't heard anything since then to know whom they have talked to or what they are saying.  I did manage to call the chair and inform him of the prevailing opinion about using alcohol and water, so at least I got that word in before they had a chance to make their case.  I have no idea where this will end up, but I'm not looking forward to having to deal with these people.  As before, stay tuned. Jeff Stickney _______________________________________________ caut list info: <a href="https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives" eudora="autourl"> https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives</a> </blockquote></body> </html>