Singing 3 YO Baldwin M Treble

[David Andersen]

>I have tried 2 methods.  First I have used an electric tea kettle, giving
>each hammer about 1 second in the spout.  

Try giving each hammer 4-5 seconds in the spout.  It's scary, but if 
they're really "soaked" with lacquer, this is the only way I've found to 
ease the pain.  One time, this guy had absolutely SOAKED a set of Renner 
Blues with what was probably a 3 or 4:1 solution, and those bad boys were 
like ROCKS---like granite.  They took EIGHT seconds of steam.  That was 
stressful----I had visions of hanging a new set of hammers for 
free.......but it worked. They're still on the glassy side, but now I can 
get needles in them.

Good luck, man..........
>
>Mike Bratcher