how about? for damper felts

[John Formsma]

Ed,

OK, I'm interested. How did you make your steamer? Is it in the
archives somewhere? If so, I'll search there.

Thanks,

JF

On 5/19/07, A440A at aol.com <A440A at aol.com> wrote:
> 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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