Hi Susan. I've been back and forth on this for the last 3 years now and have come to the conclusion that steaming has more down sides then up sides. I aggree with Tom S tho in that regardless how you slice it voicing is a temporary state.... depending on the use very temporary indeed. My problem with steaming in the end is that it appears that the crown area gets weakened somehow such that wearing grooves into the hammers with heavy use loads developes at a much quicker rate, and just means you have to reshape hammers all that much sooner. My steaming proceedure is very very modest, yet still this has been my experience. I used to have this fear of ripping the fibers because of needling.... seems to me that this fear has been deminished the more experience I have at useing both methods. JMV RicB SUSAN P SWEARINGEN wrote: > > Hello, > > But aren't you in danger of also softening the strike point when you use > steam?? > ----- Original Message ----- >
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