pianotech-digest V1997 #917

[Roger Jolly]

Hi Jim,
       Like an old spring it get's tired of being stressed. ( I think. )
Roger




At 02:10 AM 6/19/98 -0500, you wrote:
>Someone mentioned the other day about using lanolin on modern hammers.
>This got me to thinking, so I went out and bought a bottle of pure
>lanolin, so I can experiment with it on old reshaped hammers.  I got a 4
>oz bottle at my local health food store for $4.50.  I am wondering if
>this might be better to use for softening hard hammers instead of using
>fabric softner?  My first experiment has shown me that it does work.
>Maybe chemist Earl Dunlap can share some thoughts on this.  
>
>Does anyone have any thoughts on why old hammers become hard with age?
>Besides using lacquer and sometimes shellac, was anything else used to
>voice hammers in older
> pianos?  
>
>Thanx
>Jim Turner
>
>
Roger Jolly
Balwin Yamaha Piano Centres.
Saskatoon/Regina.
Canada.