Advice on softening rock-hard hammers, please.

[Richard Brekne]

Depends on whats made them so hard ... or what ?   If its just 
usage...try the needle first.  In fact try needles first anyways. If 
they go in nicely and you can get decent enough results then go for it. 
You start squeezing with pliers with out due experience and you will end 
up with more then a few mush balls to even out.  If its lacquer... well 
you'll end up following somebodies elses advice probably... grin. If 
they are of the Young Chang 1975 vintage.... well... ditto I suppose.

Cheers
RicB

gordon stelter wrote:

>Dear list,
>    I am about to attempt softening some
>metallic-sounding hammers on a "rebuilt" Chickering
>1908 grand in a church. Much talk here recently has
>been on squeezing with pliers, which I would like to
>try, but not much specific information has been
>provided on where, and how, this should be done. {
>Please help me with this information. )
>   I would also appreciate some opinions and
>guidelines regarding the "hammer softening" liquid
>which Pianotech sells.
>    Your advice would be gratefully appreciated,
>
>     Sincerely,
>     Gordon
>
>		
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