tempering, was pins and needles

Conrad Hoffsommer hoffsoco@martin.luther.edu
Wed, 24 Oct 2001 09:59:47 -0500


At 10:04 10/24/2001 -0400, you wrote:
>  if the temper isn't drawn before tightening the
> > screws
> > in the voicing tool.
>
>Wim asks:
>What does "temper isn't drawn" mean?>>
>
>    To "draw the temper" is to heat a metal up and allow it to cool slowly.
>This softens the metal.


This would be the same as annealing?



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