At 07:22 PM 7/23/01 -0700, David Love wrote: >Does anyone know when Steinway started hardening hammers with >chemicals? Many of the old sets from the 20's do not seem to contain >hardeners. In the 20s they were using shellac as a hardener, if I recall what Fred Drasche said many years ago. To my knowledge they've *always* used a hardener of some kind. John John Musselwhite, RPT - Calgary, Alberta Canada http://www.musselwhite.com http://canadianpianopage.com/calgary mailto: john@musselwhite.com http://www.mp3.com/fatbottom
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