greetings! YES those who are easily exasperrated by newbies can skip this if necessary. but up until now i've successfully avoided lacquering hammers and managed to brighten everything via fine-filing and ironing hammers. a good chunk of my experience and schooling has been on asian pianos that rarely if ever needed brightening anyway. however, i have a customer who just bought a kawai ge-20 and wants it to sound like a pearl river - ?!???!? so, i'm heading into the realm of lacquering hammers. what are some tips and things to avoid? what brands/types do you recommend for lacquer/thinner? btw, this is a last-minute service request, so i need to be able to get my supplies locally, at a hardware store or wherever. sorry if this is a repeat question and i'm showing my newbie hide here; i really have tried searching the ptg website for any archives or articles and it's not so friendly in that sense. or i'm an idiot - completely possible! thanks in advance for the help! -ilex
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