lacquering hammers

[Piannaman@aol.com]

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Ilex,

I certainly wouldn't put myself in the same league as Andre, Isaac, or Dale, 
but I do feel I have something to contribute here.

>From personal experience with many, many Kawais, I will say that yes, they 
all tend to sound very soft at the beginning.  And I have seen ten year old 
Kawais(GE1s and 2s, similar quality to the GE20, older models) that started out 
that way as well, but have become really strident sounding over time.  I have 
had many requests to voice them waaaay down.  The hammers end up compacting 
substantially--especially the one in the Russian piano teacher's music school that 
gets played 4 hours a day by her advanced students.  

I guarantee you, if the  piano gets played a reasonable amount, the hammers 
will harden to the point that you'll need to needle them on a fairly regular 
basis.

I would avoid putting any hardener on them.  Time is the best hardener of all.

Dave Stahl

In a message dated 8/14/04 10:44:34 AM Pacific Daylight Time, 
i1ex@earthlink.net writes:


> 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!



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