how about? for damper felts

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John writes: 
<< 
No need to make 88 wedges. I'm leary of using a dampened cloth with an iron
or live steam because with my luck, it would lift the key buttons and ivory. 
>>

      I have used live steam for the last 25 years and I have never had a key 
button lift or an ivory come loose.  I use a home-made steamer that takes 
about 6 seconds per mortise.  The advantages of steam are that it doesn't stain 
the keybuttons, resizes the balance rail holes, is FAST, cheap, and will undo 
those white glue bushings from the 1960's as fast as any other kind.      It 
also makes cleaning the gunk off the sides of the accidentals easy. 
Regards,
 

Ed Foote RPT 
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