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<DIV>Soak it in acetone, and try and get the lacquer to drip out.</DIV>
<DIV>Roger Jolly, has mentioned it in more depth. So check the Pianotech
Archives.</DIV>
<DIV>By the way, searches are so much easier now.</DIV>
<DIV>Regards,</DIV>
<DIV>John M. Ross<BR>Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada<BR><A
href="mailto:jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca">jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca</A></DIV>
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<A title=s.kabat@csuohio.edu href="mailto:s.kabat@csuohio.edu">Steve Kabat</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, January 30, 2003 2:21
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> shell-shock</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Yo list- </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> I'm afraid that in lacquering
a set of Steinway D hammers I started with too weak a solution(5:1), and now
after multiple lacquerings I still have no "punch" in the treble from about
E56 to the top. The lacquer (3 and 4:1) at this point is just not
penetrating to the tip of the molding as has been suggested in many of the
fine and eminently valuable posts I've been poring over lo these many months.
What's a tuner to do? I can hear that the sound is weak or "hollow" in the
treble compared to the lower end, but am frustrated because I feel that I need
to get something deep into the hammer but it ain't goin' there. Any
suggestions would be most welcome. Steve Kabat</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><A
href="mailto:s.kabat@csuohio.edu">s.kabat@csuohio.edu</A>
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