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<DIV><SPAN class=831490415-12062007><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#0000ff
size=4>I've tried just about everything, except vise grips, that will be the
next step</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader lang=en-us dir=ltr align=left><FONT
face=Tahoma size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> Barbara Richmond
[mailto:piano57@insightbb.com] <BR><B>Sent:</B> Monday, June 11, 2007 9:18
PM<BR><B>To:</B> Pianotech List<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: Steam treating hard
hammers<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi Wayne,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hmm. Is this a grand or an upright?
What are the accoustics in the room like?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I haven't worked on any Chinese pianos. (What?!
How could that be?) Did you just treat the crown, or did you work
on the shoulders, too? Sorry, since I haven't worked on any of these I
can only think in general terms of voicing, so I'm just guessing.
What type of needling did you do? Needles, shallow
and perpendicular to the crown?--or taking longer stitches under the
string groves? Anyway, on hard pressed hammers, just taking a swipe at
the crown probably isn't going to give lasting or satisfactory results.
It would be best to soften the shoulders, too--it will broaden the tone--by
increasing resiliency of the hammer/increasing the sustain. Did you
try vise-grips on the shoulders? Squeeze enough to make the hammer felt
cup a bit and then needle out the cup. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I hope something here helps.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Barbara Richmond, RPT</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>living a protected life near Peoria,
IL </FONT></DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=wayne.w@musicstop.com href="mailto:wayne.w@musicstop.com">Wayne
Walker</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=pianotech@ptg.org
href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Monday, June 11, 2007 2:34
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Steam treating hard
hammers</DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=878032719-11062007><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" size=4>I have
a customer with a newer Chinese piano with harsh sounding hammers. I have
tried chemical softener, needled and the piano still sounds bad. The
customer has chemical sensitivity so I can't use anything in her home now. I
was there a couple of weeks ago and used the steam method on the hammers and
it work great. I was happy and the customer was happy, but today she left a
voice mail saying the piano is harsh sounding again. How long will the steam
method last? Will I need to do this often? I just want to have a happy
customer with out having to swap pianos with her.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=878032719-11062007><FONT face="Comic Sans MS"
size=4>Wayne</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV align=left><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" size=4>Wayne Walker</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" size=4>Piano Tuner /
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