FW: lacquering hammers

[ilex cameron ross]

thanks to EVERYONE for their input on this matter. i plan on printing all
this out and handing it to my boss. i have always been against lacquering
hammers and here are just more reasons. fortunately for this little GE20, i
have not been able to get my hands on any nitro cellulose lacquer this
weekend. i'm not sure they'll have firmer punchings at the shop, but i'll
look. in the meantime i'm going to try everything else i can for today.

i think this may be one of those points where the technician butts heads
with the salesman. i can understand the sales theory, that what the customer
says, goes, and the man with the wallet can afford to ruin a set of kawai
hammers if he wants to dish the cash to have a kawai that sounds like a
pearl river. but it certainly bugs me from the standpoint of a
technician-and-pianist living in an apartment who can't even afford her own
piano. *grump*

guess i need more coffee.

thanks again, everyone.
-ilex

-----Original Message-----
From: Isaac OLEG [mailto:oleg-i@noos.fr]
Sent: Saturday, August 14, 2004 4:40 PM
To: Pianotech
Subject: RE: lacquering hammers


hello,

Andre forget the idea to try firmer punchings.

Id say make some essay with firmer front punching, and regulate the
hammer travel so the production of tone occur at the same moment that
the key bottoms (try that with your customer)

Indeed fine filing and good regulation can help a lot to begin with,
on those pianos, the soft bottoming is taking of a lot of crispness
and may be that is what bother the tone also.

Best regards, and if the customer want a Pear River tone, he may buy a
Pearl river, the musical intention of this brand is specific <G>

Isaac OLEG (refraining from innerving  !)



-----Message d'origine-----
De : pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org]De la
part de ilex cameron ross
Envoyé : samedi 14 août 2004 19:46
À : pianotech@ptg.org
Objet : lacquering hammers


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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