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<DIV><SPAN class=315462613-27042003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff =
size=2>I'd
say never steam a lacquered hammer unless you like the potatoes (ask me =
how
....e.t.c) </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<P><FONT size=2>Isaac OLEG<BR><BR>Entretien et réparation de
pianos.<BR><BR>PianoTech<BR>17 rue de Choisy<BR>94400 VITRY sur
SEINE<BR>FRANCE<BR>tel : 033 01 47 18 06 98<BR>fax : 033 01 47 18 06 =
90<BR>cell:
06 60 42 58 77 </FONT></P>
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<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr align=left><FONT =
face=Tahoma
size=2>-----Message d'origine-----<BR><B>De :</B>
pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org]<B>De la =
part
de</B> tune4u@earthlink.net<BR><B>Envoyé :</B> dimanche 27 =
avril 2003
15:15<BR><B>À :</B> Pianotech<BR><B>Objet :</B> RE: =
lacquer
softener<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=489031313-27042003><FONT color=#0000ff =
size=2>Is the vise
grip option really all that extreme? Seems like you're trying to break =
up some
rocks, there. I've never tried it, but what about that long thread =
that ran
here a few months ago about steaming hammers?</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=489031313-27042003><FONT color=#0000ff =
size=2>Alan
Barnard</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=489031313-27042003><FONT color=#0000ff =
size=2>Salem,
MO</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> =
pianotech-bounces@ptg.org
[mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org]<B>On Behalf Of </B>Dave
Nereson<BR><B>Sent:</B> Friday, April 25, 2003 10:06 =
PM<BR><B>To:</B>
pianotech@ptg.org<BR><B>Subject:</B> lacquer =
softener<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV>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</DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>