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Ray,<br>
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At 03:07 PM 12/10/99 -0600, you wrote:<br>
<blockquote type=cite cite>Ron Conar from Steinway demonstrated the use
of acetone and keytops at the<br>
Steinway Gallery in St. Louis some time ago for the St. Louis Chapter
PTG.<br>
I understood at the time, that it was in use at
Steinway.</blockquote><br>
Ron (Conors) may well be using actual keytops, as the concert
department<br>
has always had more latitude. <br>
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At the same time, I am not sure that people at the factory were aware (at
that<br>
time) that the basic material (looks the same, sort of - but responds
differently<br>
when emulsifying and in use) is different than that (normally) used
in keytops.<br>
Plastic is not just plastic. <br>
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<blockquote type=cite cite>I will probably be replacing hammers on a D
soon with the improved hammers<br>
with shanks already glued. Does anyone know if there is a
factory<br>
recommended procedure for treating these hammers at installation?
Have they<br>
already been treated with some solution at the factory? I'll be
replacing<br>
repetitions too to get most of the teflon out of this
one.</blockquote><br>
"Improved hammers"?<br>
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The traditional recommended factory procedure with new hammers was to do
nothing<br>
until you heard what the piano sounded like...<br>
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As to how to proceed, frankly, I am really old fashioned in technique
and<br>
approach...definitely not what you heard in St. Louis, for example.<br>
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Good luck!<br>
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Horace<br>
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