Hammer softening

[Farrell]

The Jolly Steamer is the method that I use most of the time. Fast, easy, controlable. Do a search in the archives on something like 'hammer steaming Roger Jolly" and you should get about a zillion hits.

Terry Farrell
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Gary Fluke 
  To: pianotech at ptg.org 
  Sent: Tuesday, October 02, 2007 12:59 PM
  Subject: Hammer softening


  Ladies and gentlemen,

  Would some of you please tell me what liquid solutions and procedures you have used in order to soften hammers for the purpose of voicing?  I have searched the archives and found mention of fabric softener that turns hammers blue, which I don't want to do.  Another solution mentioned was ethanol and water.  That sounds interesting but only one posting mentioned concentration of the constituents.  He said he used rubbing alcohol as that came as 90% denatured alcohol and 10% water.  No mention was made anywhere of the exact procedure when using ethanol.


  Gary Fluke
  Snohomish, WA
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