>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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