> And what does one do with the acetone used in the drenching? > Hopefully no one is dumping down the drain...;-[ > David I. Thanks, David, I knew there was a reason I didn't want to do that! :-) Barbara Richmond PS Sorry about the spelling below. I was in a hurry to get out the door and didn't proof read. tsk..tsk... ----- Original message ----------------------------------------> From: Barbara Richmond <piano57@flash.net> To: Pianotech <pianotech@ptg.org> Received: Wed, 29 Sep 2004 08:41:12 -0500 Subject: Re: Evidence of overlacquered hammers >So what does one do to help it, drench with acetone? I must admit, I >haven't tried that yet. >What the heck, even though it's polically incorrect and 9 or ten years ago >I >was told I was clogging up the hammers, here's what I've done with hammers >with too much lacquer and when needling or whatever doesn't do the trick. >I've had a lot of experience with this, because *every* Steinway at IWU >(where I was on staff)--except a new D--had been over-lacquered and since I >had no parts budget, I had to do something. >I use a glass syringe (I batted my eye-lashes at the pharmacist 22 1/2 >years >ago to get it without a prescription) and needle (of course). Mix 8 parts >alcohol and one part fabric softener (yeah, yeah, I've heard what some >folks >think of fabric softener, but it works). Carefully, one drop at a >time--and >you may only need one drop--on the place that has the lacquer, or any other >place that you want to soften up. It works and it can sound great. The >nice thing about the syringe is it's easier to control where the stuff goes >and with careful use, one can control the size of the drop. If the sound >gets brought down too much, do whatever you'd do to brighten it up again >(filing, iron, etc.). >There you have it. >Barbara Richmond
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