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<DIV><SPAN class=710484914-21072003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff =
size=2>Great
trick for tensioning the cloth Isaac!</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=710484914-21072003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff =
size=2>I am
using one of these new portable steam cleaners (Wal-mart) that is =
about
the size of a kettle, but has a nozzle with a trigger on it. Sorry I =
don't
know the name of this one, but the people who make the "SHARK" vacuum =
(Germany)
make a very nice unit and so does Eureka. IT puts out quit a big =
burst of
steam, more than the travel steamer.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=710484914-21072003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff =
size=2>BTW, I
was using this to "clean" damper felt, not to remove it. Have tried it =
for
removing dampers, but soaking is still faster and best,
IMHO.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=710484914-21072003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff =
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=710484914-21072003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff =
size=2>Mark
Cramer,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=710484914-21072003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff =
size=2>Brandon University</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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face=Tahoma
size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> =
caut-bounces@ptg.org
[mailto:caut-bounces@ptg.org]<B>On Behalf Of </B>Isaac sur
Noos<BR><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, July 20, 2003 5:04 PM<BR><B>To:</B> =
College and
University Technicians<BR><B>Subject:</B> RE: amazing, but
true<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=669565721-20072003><FONT face=Arial =
color=#0000ff
size=2>Mark,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=669565721-20072003><FONT face=Arial =
color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<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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color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<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>
<DIV><SPAN class=669565721-20072003><FONT face=Arial =
color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<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>
<DIV><SPAN class=669565721-20072003><FONT face=Arial =
color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=669565721-20072003><FONT face=Arial =
color=#0000ff
size=2>Greetings .</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=669565721-20072003><FONT face=Arial =
color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<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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<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr align=left><FONT =
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>
<DIV><SPAN class=350194817-20072003><FONT face=Arial =
color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<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.
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<BR><BR>Wim<BR><BR><BR><BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></FONT>=
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