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At 12:37 AM 12/11/2002 -0600, you wrote:<br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite><font face="arial">I've got some
new bass hammers in a Baldwin 6000 that sound like marshmallows gently
wafting against bedsprings--no power at all.</font><br>
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<font face="arial">Where the piano is, I can't put anything on them that
will be too stinky or hazardous to breathe. How can I harden these babies
without traditional lacquer?</font><br>
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<font face="arial">Alan Barnard</font><br>
<font face="arial">Salem, MO</font></blockquote><br>
Shellac made from flakes with grain alcohol from a liquor store.
Wholesome. Works, too. It will smell a little like a barroom, but that
will pass. <br>
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