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<DIV><SPAN class=669565721-20072003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff =
size=2>Mark,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=669565721-20072003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff =
size=2>What
did you use to steam ? I have a little travel vapor dispenser (for the =
clothes)
that send a little steam . Is it enough ?</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=669565721-20072003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff =
size=2>About
taking the grand dampers to the shower, my method is to put them =
around a
kettle of boiling water , and the soup is very fast to be done. Only a =
few at
once ( 8 dampers), but they are off in 20 min, and I avoid the water =
marks on
the wood (very clean wood after that)</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=669565721-20072003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff =
size=2>Adding
the last trick to glue new leather /new action clown where they need to =
be tense
(backchecks, whippen heel, rollers, use a drop of water on it before =
gluing the
last side, so you can tense them easily, when dry the tension is higher, =
so
don't overdo it. old trick again ...</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=669565721-20072003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff =
size=2>Greetings .</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=669565721-20072003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff =
size=2>Isaac</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<P><FONT size=2>Isaac OLEG<BR><BR>Entretien et réparation de
pianos.<BR><BR>PianoTech<BR>17 rue de Choisy<BR>94400 VITRY sur
SEINE<BR>FRANCE<BR>tel : 033 01 47 18 06 98<BR>fax : 033 01 47 18 06 =
90<BR>cell:
06 60 42 58 77 </FONT></P>
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face=Tahoma
size=2>-----Message d'origine-----<BR><B>De :</B> =
caut-bounces@ptg.org
[mailto:caut-bounces@ptg.org]<B>De la part de</B> Mark
Cramer<BR><B>Envoyé :</B> dimanche 20 juillet 2003
19:51<BR><B>À :</B> College and University
Technicians<BR><B>Objet :</B> RE: amazing, but =
true<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=350194817-20072003><FONT face=Arial =
color=#0000ff size=2>I
recently 'steam-cleaned' a set on a vertical action Wim. The main =
objective
was to remove the impaction from bass-string windings so they would =
seat well
on new strings. Worked just fine!</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=350194817-20072003><FONT face=Arial =
color=#0000ff size=2>Mark
Cramer,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=350194817-20072003><FONT face=Arial =
color=#0000ff
size=2>Brandon University</FONT> </SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr align=left><FONT =
face=Tahoma
size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> =
caut-bounces@ptg.org
[mailto:caut-bounces@ptg.org]<B>On Behalf Of
</B>Wimblees@aol.com<BR><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, July 20, 2003 10:14
AM<BR><B>To:</B> caut@ptg.org<BR><B>Subject:</B> amazing, but
true<BR><BR></FONT></DIV><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT lang=0 =
face=Arial
size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF">I have been led to believe, as I am =
sure you are
too, that damper felts will harden when they get wet. <BR><BR>I just =
restrung a 30 year old B, and was going to replace the damper felts. =
I took
the dampers home and gave them a shower. (I soak them in the shower =
with hot
water. It loosens the glue so the felts drop off easily). =
<BR><BR>The next
morning I got sidelined, and it wasn't until later in the next I had =
time to
take the felts off. By this time, however, the glue had hardened =
again, and
I had to cut the felts off with a knife. I soon realized that I =
forgot that
I had replaced these dampers about a year and half ago. So they were =
virtually brand new. But when I touched the felt, they all seemed =
very soft.
I had only removed the felt off the last 6 dampers, so I thought, =
what the
hell, lets try putting them on the piano, and see how they =
work.<BR><BR>I
did, and they are fine. None of them are hard. So my conclusion is =
that new
felts can get wet, and still work. You learn something new every =
day.
Amazing, but true.
<BR><BR>Wim<BR><BR><BR><BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></FONT></FONT></BODY=
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