Larry J. Messerly wrote: > > As an experiment and in frustration at old hammers that would not voice I > treated the hammers in one of my rental pianos with lanolin. > > I figured that the old hammers would not soften no mater how many needles > I put in them because they were like cardboard. I took some of the > left-over anhydrous lanolin from making VJ lube melted it and tried to > apply it to the striking point of the hammers. Unfortunately, it cooled > to quick so I gave up and just applied it as a paste and then melted it > into the hammers using my daughter's hair drier. (This technician is a > real Bald-one) > > Immediate softening of the tone and now at the 6 month tuning still > sounding sweet. > > I would not recommend this to everyone. These hammers had plenty of felt > left, just too dry. It was a low cost solution to tinny sounding > hammers. > > Larry Messerly RPT > Prescott/Phoenix > ___________________________________________________________________ > You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. > Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com/getjuno.html > or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866] How about the fabric softener/achohol treatment? Ever tried it? If so, how long did it last? -- Frank Cahill Associate Member Northern Va
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