<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=US-ASCII"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2963" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY id=role_body style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Arial" bottomMargin=7 leftMargin=7 topMargin=7 rightMargin=7> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=109143302-02112006><FONT face=Garamond color=#800000 size=3>Well, no I'm not the guilty party, but the client is not willing to foot the bill for the real solution. So I'm off to explore in the land of lacquer.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=109143302-02112006><FONT face=Garamond color=#800000 size=3></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=109143302-02112006><FONT face=Garamond color=#800000 size=3>Alan</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=109143302-02112006></SPAN> </DIV><BR> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader lang=en-us dir=ltr align=left> <HR tabIndex=-1> <FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Erwinspiano@aol.com<BR><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, November 01, 2006 5:14 PM<BR><B>To:</B> pianotech@ptg.org<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: Flushing over-lacquered hammers<BR></FONT><BR></DIV> <DIV></DIV><FONT id=role_document face=Arial color=#000000 size=2> <DIV> <DIV> <STRONG><EM>   Well unless you are the one that just applied too much lacquer & are trying to back track then agree with the toilet treatment suggested by others. I'm sorry, reality being what it is,...is real.  It just doesn't work & if it does you don't get very far. Or you may be able to get the needles in to create some psuedo change but don't expect miracles & if you do it's better to be lucky than good on that day.KWIM ?</EM></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><EM> If you ARE the one in control from the git go & the juice, be it plastic, lacquer,or  whatever, then It is possible to wash some of it down lower in the hammer. Most of the time toooo much lacquer has been applied from the git go by inexperience & anxious voicer syndrome.  </EM></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><EM>Dale</EM></STRONG></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid"><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>Oh, Mr. Erwin? Somebody just called your number....tell 'em how it's  <BR>done, brother.<BR>xoxxoDA<BR><BR><BR><BR>On Nov 1, 2006, at 7:32 AM, Alan McCoy wrote:<BR><BR>> Hi Folks,<BR>><BR>> No I'm not (yet) thinking of flushing these lacquer briquettes down  <BR>> the<BR>> toilet. But I would like to hear from anyone who has dealt  <BR>> successfully with<BR>> such hammers. I'm thinking that flushing with acetone might do the  <BR>> trick.<BR>> Anyone want to share techniques that worked?<BR>><BR>> Thanks for any responses.<BR>><BR>> Alan<BR>><BR>> --Alan McCoy, RPT<BR>> Inland Northwest Chapter<BR>> Spokane, WA<BR>> ahm@webband.com<BR>></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV> </DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></FONT></BODY></HTML>