lacquering hammers

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On 15-aug-04, at 8:32, Piannaman@aol.com wrote:

> Ilex,
>
> I certainly wouldn't put myself in the same league as Andre, Isaac, or=20=

> Dale,


Oh come on Dave, I am just another jerk with a tuning hammer!  (; >))




> but I do feel I have something to contribute here.
>
> =46rom personal experience with many, many Kawais, I will say that =
yes,=20
> they all tend to sound very soft at the beginning. =A0And I have seen=20=

> ten year old Kawais(GE1s and 2s, similar quality to the GE20, older=20
> models) that started out that way as well, but have become really=20
> strident sounding over time. =A0I have had many requests to voice them=20=

> waaaay down. =A0The hammers end up compacting =
substantially--especially=20
> the one in the Russian piano teacher's music school that gets played 4=20=

> hours a day by her advanced students. =A0
>
> I guarantee you, if the =A0piano gets played a reasonable amount, the=20=

> hammers will harden to the point that you'll need to needle them on a=20=

> fairly regular basis.
>
> I would avoid putting any hardener on them. =A0Time is the best =
hardener=20
> of all.
>
> Dave Stahl
>
> In a message dated 8/14/04 10:44:34 AM Pacific Daylight Time,=20
> i1ex@earthlink.net writes:
>
>
> greetings!
>
> YES those who are easily exasperrated by newbies can skip this if=20
> necessary.
> but up until now i've successfully avoided lacquering hammers and=20
> managed to
>  brighten everything via fine-filing and ironing hammers. a good chunk=20=

> of my
> experience and schooling has been on asian pianos that rarely if ever=20=

> needed
> brightening anyway. however, i have a customer who just bought a kawai=20=

> ge-20
>  and wants it to sound like a pearl river - ?!???!? so, i'm heading=20
> into the
> realm of lacquering hammers. what are some tips and things to avoid?=20=

> 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=20
> here; i
> really have tried searching the ptg website for any archives or=20
> articles and
> it's not so friendly in that sense. or i'm an idiot - completely=20
> possible!
> thanks in advance for the help!
>
>

Exactly!


friendly greetings
from
Andr=E9 Oorebeek

Amsterdam -
The Netherlands

www.concertpianoservice.nl
www.grandpiano.nl

"where music is, no harm can be"

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