This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment Dale: If you have Ron's handout and can either email or fax it to me I would = be most appreciative. My phone/fax number is 415 661 3666. You have my = email. By the way. In a conversation I had with John Patton, he suggested that = he would probably not use a 3:1 solution in the lower part of the piano. = If you do, keep it well away from the strike point.=20 Next time you use a set, try this on an experimental hammer in the tenor = if the set seems a bit soft. Turn the hammer on it side and put a few = drops (5-6) of lacquer at the top of the moulding/underfelt letting it = creep to within 1/8" from the strike point. You can use 4:1 in the = tenor and maybe 5:1 in the bass depending on the set. Do it on both = sides. It firms up the tone nicely by just hardening the inner core of = the hammer. If you then need a little more bite at impact, use the 5:1 = on the strikepoint. There's usually a pronounced break around note 54 = where the tone drops off suddenly. I try to use 3:1 from there up and = just put it right over the top. Below that I'm trying to raise the = level somewhat less so that the tone is more balanced throughout the = piano. If I need additional applications in the upper range(rare that = it will be needed in the tenor and bass), I go to a slightly lighter = solution for the second application. It seems to penetrate better and = the goal is still to get it to the core, not just building up on top. =20 My experience with lacquering these hammers tells me that unless the = lacquer gets under the strike point it doesn't do much. In the tenor = you can get it there directly by lacquering from the side and it reduces = the amount you have to saturate the hammer. In the upper range, because = there's less felt, if you do it from the side it quickly reaches the = strike point anyway. Although, in actual practice I make the first pass = lacquering =20 David ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/76/90/7e/29/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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