Linen

[Ron Nossaman]

>OK confession time.    Linen is recommended for one reason,   Polyester 
>will weld itself very effectively to the hammers.   Deny! Deny! 
>Deny!    Duh!!!! A senior moment..

WOOOP, WOOOP - mayday, mayday, dive, dive! Supremely ungood! Major 
conceptual backlash. Do not try this at home. Fabrics that melt under the 
application of heat are not good candidates for a moisture medium for iron 
heated steam voicing.


>   Joking aside, cotton works just fine.     But the Irish needs the 
> exports.  <G>

Natural fibers, generally. Irish is for drinking. Pretty much anything that 
doesn't slag down at slightly above room temperature, and absorbs water, 
should work.


>I have steamed more than a few Steinway's down, to get them in the ball 
>park before needling.  Also very light steaming of the crowns to remove 
>some groves, with a good dry ironing to follow.

Steinway????? Why Steinway? What, specifically does Steinway have to do 
with this that any other piano on the planet doesn't equally apply?


>You exercise caution.

As always, and with anything.

Ron N