On Sep 14, 2006, at 6:09 PM, Geoff Sykes wrote: > Not too long ago, on the list, I read that treating hard hammers > with a little alcohol would help un-compact the felt. However, > these are new hammers and are probably hard because of a hardening > treatment. Today's question is: Would a small alcohol treatment > help? If not, what would you suggest? I would suggest steam; there is plenty of info in the archives about how to steam hammers; this, IMO, is the best, quickest, most controllable, least messy way to soften rock-hard hammers. David Andersen -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20060914/015100a8/attachment.html
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