<!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 6.00.2800.1505" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Barbara,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>    I haven't used the = keytop hardener very often and only sparingly when I did,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>but a tech at one of our Boston chapter = meetings advised flushing the stuff out with acetone in a situation such as yours.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>He advised really soaking the hammer to = "desolidify" then once more to wash it down and away from the = strike-shoulder area.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>    Again , I'm = suggesting an approach that I have not as yet tried, but what do you have to lose?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>    Best of = luck,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>    Tom = Driscoll</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr 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=piano57@insightbb.com = href="mailto:piano57@insightbb.com">Barbara Richmond</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, September 07, = 2005 4:35 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Hearing problems/hard hammers</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>