<html> <head> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; = charset=us-ascii"> <meta name=Generator content="Microsoft Word 10 (filtered)"> <style>  </style> </head> <body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple style='word-wrap: = break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space;-khtml-line-break: after-white-space'> <div class=Section1> Something else to keep is mind is = that Schandall is instructing that the use of astronger solution is sometimes necessary in the upper end of the piano (capo section).  One of the problems of a hammer designed for lacquer is that the first penetrations = are usually the best and subsequent applications don’t take the = lacquer where it needs to be (under the strike point) as well.  Trying to get the = treble hard enough with several applications of a more dilute solution rather = then a single of double application of a stronger solution might not be as = effective.  You are better off if you can decide what strength to use at the outset = rather than go by the book.  In the past, hammer density has varied so = much from set to set that this type of individual decision making is more the norm = than the exception.    <div> David Love davidlovepianos@comcast.net </div> -----Original = Message----- From: = caut-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces@ptg.org] On = Behalf Of Jeff Tanner Sent: Tuesday, December = 06, 2005 7:09 AM To: College and University Technicians Subject: [Norton = AntiSpam] Re: [CAUT] Steinway Institutional Service Recommendations   <div>   <div> <div> On Dec 5, 2005, at 7:21 PM, Fred Sturm = wrote: </div> Hi Ed,     = Actually, Eric Schandall has been specific about solids content over = the past couple years - he finally asked or figured out what it = was (in practice, in NYC they just get some from the factory). If = memory serves, it's 12% by weight, which is rather dilute compared to what = we get in a can, and they dilute it 3:1.   </div> <div> I believe this was also published in that = first Steinway Technical newsletter, but I would have to actually be able to = find mine to double check.  (I have GOT to do some straightening up = around here.) </div> <div>   </div> <div> In other recent Steinway technical news, Kent = Webb did a presentation here last month and said that the Steinway parts = department is now giving its off-the-shelf hammers that first soaking treatment before = they are put on the shelf for sale or production.  He said that has been = going on now for about 4 months. </div> <div>   </div> <div> <div>   </div> </div> </div> <div> <div> Jeff Tanner, RPT </div> <div> University of South Carolina </div> <div>  = </div> </div> <div>   </div> </div> </body> </html>