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<DIV>In<FONT size=3> a message dated 8/14/2004 11:45:21 AM Pacific Standar=
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Time, antares@euronet.nl writes:</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=3> Ilex Andre & Isaac</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3> I agree with you Andre & would say that selli=
ng the
client on the tried & true idea of playing this piano in. You can give h=
im
this post as well as the others as proof that you've been soliciting other
knowledgeable opinions, well at least Isaac's & Andre's, & that the
consensus is be patient & play it. I like your approach of filing, ironi=
ng,
fitting & power regulating as Isaac stated etc. Always good first s=
teps
before lacquer. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3> However if all that won't do it and the hammers re=
ally
are a bit soft then I'd still encourage play in but perhaps some really dilu=
te
gloss nitro cellulose lacquer & acetone mixed thinly 8 or ten parts
acetone to one part lacquer. I'd experiment with a 4 to 6 drops on=
the
crown of the soggiest sounding hammer. I view this as sort of a break i=
n
fluid & allows the hammer to pack in sooner with playing. & if it so=
unds
really inappropriate then you can wash it down into the hammer with straight=
acetone & get it away from the crown & return to where you were. You=
may
try just try straight acetone. Sometimes this alone brightens thing up a bit=
without adding any hardening agents at all.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3>Make sense?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3> Regards Dale</FONT></DIV>
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=2>If you
lacquer those Kawai hammers, you ruin them for ever. Those are <BR>not
American made hammers but come from Hamamatsu Japan.<BR>It is the same wit=
h
Yamaha hammers.<BR><BR>If that customer wants a brighter sound, you achiev=
e
this with <BR>anti-friction treatment to start with, followed by a power
regulation.<BR>Anti-friction takes care of 'stiff joints' and causes a muc=
h
more <BR>dynamic, a power regulation is the finale.<BR>If you do this righ=
t,
you will have done a good job without <BR>unnecessarily damaging
hammers.<BR><BR>The hammer are the crown jewels of the instrument.<BR>You =
know
what I'm saying?<BR><BR>friendly greetings<BR>from<BR>André
Oorebeek<BR><BR>Amsterdam -<BR>The
Netherlands<BR><BR>www.concertpianoservice.nl<BR>www.grandpiano.nl<BR><BR>=
"where
music is, no harm can be"</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV>
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