<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40" xmlns:v = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns:st1 = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=windows-1252"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.3132" name=GENERATOR><o:SmartTagType name="PostalCode" namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"></o:SmartTagType><o:SmartTagType name="State" namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"></o:SmartTagType><o:SmartTagType name="City" namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"></o:SmartTagType><o:SmartTagType name="Street" namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"></o:SmartTagType><o:SmartTagType name="PlaceType" namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"></o:SmartTagType><o:SmartTagType name="PlaceName" namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"></o:SmartTagType><o:SmartTagType name="place" namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"></o:SmartTagType><o:SmartTagType name="address" namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"></o:SmartTagType><o:SmartTagType name="PersonName" namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"></o:SmartTagType> <STYLE>  </STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY lang=EN-US vLink=purple link=blue bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV>The reason soaking might not work is because of drying out. One should consider cutting wedges of hammer felt to fit into the mortices. to keep them wet. Take a look at Bill Spurlock's website: <A href="http://www.spurlocktools.com">www.spurlocktools.com</A> I like to insert his sizing cauls and lightly dry the keys with a heat gun.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Ted Sambell</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black">From: <A title=agaree@admin.fsu.edu href="mailto:agaree@admin.fsu.edu">Garee, Anne E.</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">To: <A title=caut@ptg.org href="mailto:caut@ptg.org">caut@ptg.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">Sent: Friday, July 20, 2007 11:16 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">Subject: [CAUT] steamer</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV class=Section1> Alan,<o:p></o:p> Check out the Shark Steamer that was featured in the journal earlier this year.  It is hand-held or sits on the bench for hands-free use.  It directs the steam in a very narrow path which is great for targeting just the bushing.  You can have a handful of keys in one hand and the tweezers or needle nose in the other. <o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> Here is a link I found just now through Google.<o:p></o:p> <A title=http://www.target.com/gp/detail.html/sr=1-6/qid=1184864331/ref=sr_1_6/601-9110439-1358515?ie=UTF8&asin=B000GHDN38 href="http://www.target.com/gp/detail.html/sr=1-6/qid=1184864331/ref=sr_1_6/601-9110439-1358515?ie=UTF8&asin=B000GHDN38">http://www.target.com/gp/detail.html/sr=1-6/qid=1184864331/ref=sr_1_6/601-9110439-1358515?ie=UTF8&asin=B000GHDN38</A><o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> I got mine at Bed, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Bath</st1:City></st1:place> and Beyond but they are available through Target, etc.  Nice tool.<o:p></o:p> Anne Garee<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> <o:p> </o:p> Anne Garee, Program Director for Piano Technology<o:p></o:p> <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Florida</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">State</st1:PlaceType> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">College</st1:PlaceType></st1:place> of Music<o:p></o:p> <st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">132 N. Copeland Street</st1:address></st1:Street> <o:p></o:p> <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Tallahassee</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st="on">FL</st1:State> <st1:PostalCode w:st="on">32306-1180</st1:PostalCode></st1:place><o:p></o:p> 850-645-7873<o:p></o:p> <st1:PersonName w:st="on">agaree@fsu.edu</st1:PersonName><o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>