Don't forget to reset the let-off and drop after conditioning the knuckles. Jon Page Harwich Port, Cape Cod, Mass. (jpage@capecod.net) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ At 12:43 AM 4/9/97 -0400, you wrote: >As I have tried many >methods the longest lasting I have found involves saturating the inside felt >of each knuckle with a 50-50 mixture of alcahol and fabric softener. While >they are good and wet squeeze the outside from front to back with duck bill >pliers. When this all dries, in a couple of hours, use Teflon powder and >check your hammer height. When you get the hammers back up off the rail to a >reasonable height, the whole thing will play a lot better. In case you >missed it the hammers are always too low when you find this condition as the >pounding has packed the lifter felt as well as the knuckles. >Ferdinand Pointer, RPT >Clearwater, FL > > > Jon Page Harwich Port, Cape Cod, Mass. (jpage@capecod.net) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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