<!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>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">
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
<DIV
style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: =
black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=HepplerA@aol.com =
href="mailto:HepplerA@aol.com">HepplerA@aol.com</A>
</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=caut@ptg.org
href="mailto:caut@ptg.org">caut@ptg.org</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, May 20, 2005 7:43 =
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [CAUT] Schimmel =
attacked by
fabric softener</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV><FONT id=role_document face=Arial color=#000000 =
size=2>
<DIV>One quick question for you more experienced techs out there. . .
<DIV> I have a 7' Schimmel on consignment =
in the
store I work for that needs some radical changes in the voicing. =
To the
request of the previous owner, the bass and upper treble sections have =
been
voiced down considerably. Unfortunately, the tooner used fabric =
softener
as well as excessive steam, as I'm guessing from the shrinkage. =
I have
just spent a couple weeks with Boesendorfer in one-on-one voicing =
training, so
I'm comfortable with most voicing jobs, but this is nasty. The =
top 1/4"
or so is as soft as gym socks, it smells like Downy, and there's even =
a few
scorch marks in the bass. Is there any point in trying to save =
this set
of hammers, or should I save myself the agony and just replace =
them?
O.K., now, control your grimaces. :)</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Elizabeth Heppler, R.P.T.</DIV>
<DIV>Montana State University -
Bozeman</DIV></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></FONT></BODY></HTML>