<!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 5.50.4134.600" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT color=#000080></FONT> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000080 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=Wimblees@AOL.COM = href="mailto:Wimblees@AOL.COM">Wimblees@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> September 04, 2001 8:25 = AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> hammer juice</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT size=2>How many plastic = keytops do I put with how much acetone to make the best <BR>hammer juice? <BR><BR>Wim <HR> </FONT></FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>None. That is not what plastic keytops = are for. </FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Piano hammers are the felt things that = hit the strings after you hit the key. The piano hammers don't get plastic = keytops--at least not if you want them to go on being piano hammers.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The long wood sticks that come out = toward the front of the piano are the keys. There are usually 88 of these sticks, but = only 52 of them are supposed to be white. That's where the plastic keytops go. The = others get black plastic keytops.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Del</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>