basic questions

[Roger Jolly]

Hi Susan,
         Nice to hear from you, love you articals, great job. Thanks for
reminding me that I use the iron reversed. Funny how the mind goes blank at
the keyboard.  Have you tried light touch up voicing with your iron? I'd
like some feed back from the far west.
Regards Roger.



At 04:55 PM 13/08/98, you wrote:
>Rob wrote:
>
>>I have never considered placing a damp cloth over hammers for steaming.
>>This is used in conjunction with a heat gun, correct? How long does this
>>take?
>
>Roger can tell us, but my feeling is that the (BARELY) damp cloth is used 
>with a hammer iron, reversed, so that the convex curve touches only the 
>strike point. The advantage over regular steaming is that the steam wouldn't
>go all over the place and affect the shoulders too. By having the cloth 
>barely damp, I would think that most of the effect would be on the 
>superficial layers. Therefore, hardening, etc., wouldn't be needed. The 
>amount of softening, in an ideal situation, would be just enough to reverse
>the normal brightening through hard use. Hopefully, one might end up almost
>where one started when the hammers were last voiced.
>
>Roger, is this the general idea you have in mind?
>
>I've found that steaming lasts pretty well. The heat and moisture makes the
>fibers twist and matt, like when you wash a sweater and don't block it
>afterwards. Wool is a very curious material.
>
>Susan
>
>
>Susan Kline
>P.O. Box 1651
>Philomath, OR 97370
>skline@proaxis.com
>
>"Enormous amounts of information are available, including, however, very
>little reliable data on what it all means."
>			-- Ashleigh Brilliant
>
Roger Jolly
Baldwin Yamaha Piano Centre
Saskatoon and Regina
Saskatchewan, Canada.
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