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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hello Joe, </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>thanks for your reply.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Yes, I will share the receipe of the =
yamaha hammer
hardener:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>take 1 liter of aceton, and 4 ping-pong =
balls (or
50cl with 2 balls, of course). Put it in a bottle of glass until the =
balls are
totally melted in the aceton. Then you just have to put some small
quantities of hardener in small bottles with a pipette to carry it =
in your
toolbag.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I haven't tested the hardener myself, =
but I heard
the result when the yamaha tech "juiced" the CFIIIS hammers, after the =
pianist
had complained about the lack of brillance in the treble =
area.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>BTW, don't forget to only use WHITE =
TABLE TENNIS
BALLS ;-) an orange ball would result an orange hammer, but hey, why not =
?
;-)</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Concerning your second reply, to me =
fine
regulation pushes the piano to its limits to a certain point, =
but when
you have to deal with a pianist who wants very very bright sound (like =
Horowitz
wanted, for example), what can you do except hardening the hammers =
before the
concert?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>It's been only 5 years that I am in the =
profession,
and this is the kind of questions I am asking to myself, trying to find =
answers,
if there are answers, though... ! ;-)</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Quentin</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>