<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1106" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Crusty?  That reminds me of the = time I followed a someone who had used fingernail polish on hammers.  (The = polish was clear--at least he wasn't making a fashion statement.)  It left = a crusty, sparkling(!) surface.......Fortunately it was thick enough that = it didn't soak in very deep and I was able to file most of if off!  = :-)  </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Barbara Richmond, RPT</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B> <A title=Piannaman@aol.com href="mailto:Piannaman@aol.com">Piannaman@aol.com</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> Friday, April 23, 2004 = 4:15 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: No needling here: = to steam, or not to steam?</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT size=2 = PTSIZE="10"> <BR><BR>The next 2 hours were spent poking hammers. It was really = pre-voicing, then dotting the stike points. The crowns were almost crusty.  I = pictured surface snow on a spring morning.  Whatever hardener was used = ended up right on the surface, I assume.   <BR><BR></FONT></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>