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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, April 27, 2003 =
12:14
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: lacquer =
softener</DIV>
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FAMILY="SANSSERIF">In a message dated 4/27/03 5:20:12 AM Central =
Daylight
Time, <A href="mailto:dnereson@dim.com">dnereson@dim.com</A> =
writes:<BR><BR>
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TYPE="CITE">What can one use to soften hammers that were lacquered =
at the
factory? At first I thought lacquer thinner, but wouldn't that =
just
evaporate and leave them still hard? Tried a voicing needle =
and broke
three of them. The voicing tool just will not go in. =
Tempted to
go to the vise-grips extreme. Surely the wonderful world of =
chemistry
offers some liquid I can drizzle on them. ?? --David =
Nereson,
RPT<BR></BLOCKQUOTE>
<DIV><BR><BR>Whose hammers are these? <BR><BR>Wim</DIV>
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<DIV>It's a brand new Astin-Weight console. The treble section =
is quite
bright and I'm afraid as the piano gets broken in, the hammer felt
will pack down at the string grooves, getting even harder, and =
start to
break strings when I tune. To steam or not to steam? Some =
say yes,
some say no. Some say it depends on whether it's actually =
lacquer.
Guess I could call them and ask. </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3> --David Nereson, RPT (not =
sure why
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