<html xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" = xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" = xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" = xmlns:st1="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" = xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"> <head> <meta http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <meta name=ProgId content=Word.Document> <meta name=Generator content="Microsoft Word 10"> <meta name=Originator content="Microsoft Word 10"> <link rel=File-List href="cid:filelist.xml@01C3932D.14B73BF0"> <title>Re: Lacquer application</title> <o:SmartTagType = namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="PersonName"/>  <style>  </style>  </head> <body bgcolor=white lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple = style='tab-interval:.5in'> <div class=Section1> Allen,<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> Can you guess on the formula? Say, = 1 keytop to 4 oz.? 8 oz.? = (I don’t buy skimmed milk…)<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> <st1:PersonName>Jim = Busby</st1:PersonName> BYU<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> -----Original = Message----- From: = caut-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces@ptg.org] On = Behalf Of Allen Wright Sent: Wednesday, October = 15, 2003 11:36 AM To: = davidlovepianos@earthlink.net; College and University Technicians Subject: Re: Lacquer = application <o:p> </o:p> I'd like to put in a good word for the = occasional, intelligent use of keytop hardener. I find it excellent for = "detail" voicing or tone building; after you've done your major lacquer = application/s and find that a few notes have a little less power than their neighbors, = using a very thinned out solution with keytop can tweak those notes up just = the right amount. I'm talking about a solution that looks like skimmed milk (or = even weaker). Used with discretion, this sort of thing can give you the = subtle boost the note needs. I remember first watching Franz Mohr use keytop solution many years ago = in a seminar talk. The thing that sticks in my memory is that he even liked = to use it on just one string line on the hammer if he felt that was all it = needed. Detailed juicing, indeed... It's also great in concert prep situations, where you don't have the = luxury of waiting for lacquer to dry. I agree, however, that used as the main hardener it tends to be more = brittle and noisy sounding, and I prefer lacquer for "the main = dose". Allen Wright, RPT Northern Kentucky University ---------- From: David Love <davidlovepianos@earthlink.net> To: College and University Technicians <caut@ptg.org>, = caut@ptg.org Subject: RE: Lacquer application Date: Wed, Oct 15, 2003, 10:21 AM <![if !supportLineBreakNewLine]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p> Though it's a bit more trouble and involves = standing the action on end, applying lacquer from the side of the hammer gets the hardener underneath the strike point (where it belongs) without it = wicking up to the surface where it can make noise.  You can control exactly = how near the crown you put it this way.  That is how I apply lacquer (not = keytop material) and I've found it's best to do it from both sides.   David Love davidlovepianos@earthlink.net <mailto:davidlovepianos@earthlink.net</= u>>    <o:p></o:p> ----- Original Message ----- From: Lance Lafargue = <mailto:lancelafargue@bellsouth.net= >   To: caut@ptg.org <mailto:caut@ptg.org> Sent: 10/15/2003 5:49:17 = AM Subject: Lacquer = application This is related to my other post, but = differentÖÖ..   When prepping new Steinways, does it matter where the = lacquer is applied and can this contribute to the zinging sounds mentioned in my = V-Bar post?     In other words, if the lacquer is applied from the crown (very = top) as opposed to the shoulders and allowed to wick up to the crown from the = sides, could this add to the amount of material sitting near the outer surface = of the top of the hammer, adding to the difficulty with zinging?  Could = the application of hardener to the shoulder and allowing it to wick to the = top help to minimize the unwanted high frequencies while allowing firm support to = the shoulders giving volume and power?     I have found the use of acetone/key top solution to increase this unwanted noise over lacquer.   Thanks!   Lance Lafargue, RPT LAFARGUE PIANOS New Orleans Chapter, PTG 985.72P.IANO lancelafargue@bellsouth.net  <o:p></o:p> </div> </body> </html>