<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2627" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY id=role_body style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; = FONT-FAMILY: Arial" bottomMargin=7 bgColor=#ffffff leftMargin=7 topMargin=7 = rightMargin=7> <DIV>Jeff,</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Yes, it works if used intelligently---and intelligently almost = always means sparingly!   :-)   I've used all sorts of hammer = softening stuff and have different "recipes" that include fabric softener, the = result of having been hired at a university where there were a bazillion = over-lacquered hammers and no parts budget.  The secret (besides going slow) is = knowing exactly where you want it, and carefully observing how each kind = wicks in.  </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I know, I know, there are folks who say it gunks up the felt = (and I imagine it can) and claim the hammers will never sound good, but that simply hasn't been my experience.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Barbara Richmond, RPT </DIV> <DIV> </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"><B>From:</B> <A title=jlolson@cal.net href="mailto:jlolson@cal.net">Jeff = Olson</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=caut@ptg.org href="mailto:caut@ptg.org">College and University Technicians</A> = </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, May 21, 2005 = 7:26 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [CAUT] Schimmel = attacked by fabric softener</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>The interesting question here to me is the effectiveness of = fabric softener as a voicing tool.  Is it possible that it could be = effective, if used intelligently, minus all the steaming, burning, etc.?  = What is the active ingredient in fabric softener, anyway (I must confess I've = never used the stuff; I like my clothes rough and macho, fabricly = speaking;-).</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Jeffo</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: = 0px"> </BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>