---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment =20 In a message dated 8/14/2004 11:45:21 AM Pacific Standard Time,=20 antares@euronet.nl writes: =20 Ilex Andre & Isaac I agree with you Andre & would say that selling the client on the tried &= =20 true idea of playing this piano in. You can give him this post as well as t= he=20 others as proof that you've been soliciting other knowledgeable opinions,=20 well at least Isaac's & Andre's, & that the consensus is be patient & play=20= it.=20 I like your approach of filing, ironing, fitting & power regulating as Isaa= c=20 stated etc. Always good first steps before lacquer.=20 However if all that won't do it and the hammers really are a bit soft then= =20 I'd still encourage play in but perhaps some really dilute gloss nitro=20 cellulose lacquer & acetone mixed thinly 8 or ten parts acetone to one part= =20 lacquer. I'd experiment with a 4 to 6 drops on the crown of the soggiest so= unding=20 hammer. I view this as sort of a break in fluid & allows the hammer to pack= in=20 sooner with playing. & if it sounds really inappropriate then you can wash=20= it=20 down into the hammer with straight acetone & get it away from the crown &=20 return to where you were. You may try just try straight acetone. Sometimes=20= this=20 alone brightens thing up a bit without adding any hardening agents at all. Make sense? Regards Dale If you lacquer those Kawai hammers, you ruin them for ever. Those are=20 not American made hammers but come from Hamamatsu Japan. It is the same with Yamaha hammers. If that customer wants a brighter sound, you achieve this with=20 anti-friction treatment to start with, followed by a power regulation. Anti-friction takes care of 'stiff joints' and causes a much more=20 dynamic, a power regulation is the finale. If you do this right, you will have done a good job without=20 unnecessarily damaging hammers. The hammer are the crown jewels of the instrument. You know what I'm saying? friendly greetings from Andr=E9 Oorebeek Amsterdam - The Netherlands www.concertpianoservice.nl www.grandpiano.nl "where music is, no harm can be" =20 ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/1f/0e/b3/3d/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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