Also - does anyone know of an odorless fabric softener?? Thanks. Roy Ulrich ----- Original Message ----- From: "Charly Tuner" <charly_tuner@hotmail.com> To: <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: Saturday, August 26, 2000 12:37 PM Subject: voicing with "snuggles" > More and more often, I am using a solution of "snuggles", alcohol and water, > to voice mostly older, used pianos at the store where I floor tune. It's > kinda like icing on the cake after tuning, but I generally use it ONLY on > the pianos that sound overly harsh and bright. Many of the used pianos are > in need of hammer softening, and a few are new, but just lacking in overall > quality workmanship; e.g., "Niemeyer." What I'm wondering is, what is the > best ratio for the mixture, and do i need to add water, or is just Snuggles > and Alcohol the best? ALso, i usually lightly brush the hammers with a small > brass brush just prior to applying the mixture, (seems to make for quicker > absorption, but I could be wrong) which goes right on the strike point,(in > the compacted string grooves) albeit a very small amount...maybe a single > eyedrop. It seems to do the job very well. Thanks! > > Terry Peterson > Los Angeles, CA > Associate Member, PTG > > > ________________________________________________________________________ > Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com >
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