Steam treating hard hammers

[Wayne Walker]

I just treated the strike point with steam, maybe I should try the shoulders
also. Wayne

-----Original Message-----
From: Phil Bondi [mailto:phil at philbondi.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, June 12, 2007 9:03 AM
To: pianotech at ptg.org
Subject: Steam treating hard hammers


For once, I am going to disagree with the 
Esteemed Dale Irwin. People with newish 
whateverbrand pianos don't want to hear that 
something that is 2 years old needs to be 
replaced. They can be told there are better 
choices out there than what was OEM...but 'needs 
to be replaced'?

Wayne, my gut tells me that your hammer 
softening technique needs tweaking. Too often, 
especially with steam, our initial reaction to 
such little work takes away the reality that 
there's more work to be done. Steam has the 
quickest 'ah' time, and it also has the quickest 
'ah s***' time. Steam used in conjunction with 
other techniques has had long-lasting results 
for moi.

Contact me off list if you want.

-Phil Bondi(Fl)



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