<!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 6.00.2719.2200" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>    That's strange Joe, = every hammer we've gotten from them has been so dead soft that the first thing you do = after hanging is SOAK THEM. Well, almost........</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>    Really, though, I = haven't found any that I've gotten from them to be pre-lacquered.  Hope it's not = a trend.........</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE 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=purdy@oak.cats.ohiou.edu href="mailto:purdy@oak.cats.ohiou.edu">Christopher D. Purdy</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> Friday, September 20, = 2002 8:18 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Voicing</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV>>I've never had so darned much<BR>>trouble with a = set of hammers. Never again!!!!! The best hammers for a<BR>>Steinway, = IMHO, is anything other than theirs.<BR>>Regards,<BR>>Joe Garrett, RPT, (Oregon)<BR>><BR><BR>So how come the last several new B's I have = worked on have cotton <BR>balls on sticks where there should be piano = hammers?  I lacquer as a <BR>last resort but here I am with the juice trying to = get a brand new <BR>$50,000 piano to make a sound.<BR><BR>There is nothing I = enjoy more than the mild buzz you get lacquering <BR>hammers though.  = Simple pleasures are the best.<BR><BR>chris<BR>-- <BR>Christopher D. Purdy R.P.T.<BR>School of Music, Ohio University<BR>Athens, Ohio  45701<BR>(740) 593-1656<BR>fax (740) 593-1429<BR><A = href="mailto:purdy@ohiou.edu">purdy@ohiou.edu</A><BR>__________________= _____________________________<BR>pianotech list info: <A = href="https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives">http://www.ptg.org= /mailman/listinfo/pianotech</A></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>