This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment I'm with David on this one. I only use keytop on the crown when I'm = trying to add a little billiance to the tone. On a job like this, I'd go = the Lacquer-Acetone route, and I wouldn't be afraid to use a bunch of = it, because it can be undone if necessary. Kevin. ----- Original Message -----=20 From: David Love=20 To: Pianotech=20 Sent: Wednesday, August 20, 2003 2:33 PM Subject: RE: Dope needs dope dope I think it's important to know the type of hammer . Some hammers just shouldn't be hardened with chemicals, or it should be done very judiciously. How do you think you might have messed them up with the = set up? Either way, I don't like keytop as a hardener, especially for = firm up the underlying structure. I prefer lacquer, the strength will depend = on the hammer. =20 David Love davidlovepianos@earthlink.net ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Alan=20 To: Pianotech Sent: 8/20/2003 1:33:37 PM=20 Subject: RE: Dope needs dope dope I don't know what "cold-pressed" implies about hammers or whether = these were made that way.=20 I choose to not publicly identify the maker at this point because it = may very well be my fault in improperly setting up these hammers. I will = say that it is a well-known private maker of hammers who has, as far as I = can tell, a very good reputation in the business. But also that I did = order the specific hammers this maker recommended for the Big Beautiful(?) = Baldwin 6000.=20 Re: Mark Wisner's questions: My mixture is one plastic "A" keytop = (with front) dissolved in roughly 8 oz. of acetone. I can see the piano as = often as I need to. Alan R. Barnard Salem, MO -----Original Message----- From: pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] On Behalf Of Patrick C.Poulson Sent: Wednesday, August 20, 2003 1:40 PM To: Pianotech Subject: Re: Dope needs dope dope Alan: my first question is: what kind of hammes are these? It sounds = like you used cold-pressed ones.=20 Patrick C. Poulson Registered Piano Technician Piano Technicians Guild ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Alan=20 To: Pianotech ; Pianotech=20 Sent: 8/20/2003 11:23 AM Subject: Dope needs dope dope I've made a batch of plastic keytop in acetone and am about to put it = on the new bass hammers that I installed in a Baldwin 6000. Even after = filing and many hours of playing, these hammers sound like mooshy = marshmallows floofing up against the strings. Questions: How much dope per hammer? = Where should I put it on the hammers and where should I NOT put it? Any = other dope dope appreciated.=20 Side note:=20 I did the Randy Potter course and have picked up much at PTG chapter meetings and from you wonderful people on the list, but mostly it's = been on-the-job, on-my-own, and learn-from-your-mistakes for me over the = last three years. But it sure seems that there is a not very short list of things that reeeeeally should be learned with tutelage--and this = includes voicing.=20 I think it just isn't sufficient to read about techniques; you have to = hear examples and learn to listen to subtleties that just aren't present in 98.632% of the neglected pianos in rural America. Most customers can't really hear or appreciate the difference and won't be paying for it. = So there is precious little practice opportunity. THIS piano, however, demands attention and resides in the practice = hall of some very professional musicians of the 399th Army Band. So I must = venture! Next conference, I'm going to spend the bucks and get into every = voicing workshop I can! Alan R. Barnard Salem, MO --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.512 / Virus Database: 309 - Release Date: 8/19/2003 --- Incoming mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.512 / Virus Database: 309 - Release Date: 8/19/2003 --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.512 / Virus Database: 309 - Release Date: 8/19/2003 _______________________________________________ pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/c7/a3/81/91/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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