Jeff, "Without a heck of a lot of discussion...." Well - OK. If these are stock-from-the-factory hammers, no need to waste your time with acetone. Straight lacquer thinner, or the Alcohol/Water you suggest should do the trick. Steaming will not do for a long term fix on these hammers. If the hammers wind up too soft to begin with, one rather suspects that 12 hours per day of Horrorwitz wannabees hammering out your choice of repertoire should fix that problem, as well. Cheers! Horace At 03:53 PM 12/4/1998 -0500, you wrote: >Without a heck of a lot of discussion, I'm interested in sort of a poll on >the question of voicing some obnoxiously bright, offensively loud, hard as >a rock, 4-year-old Baldwin "L" hammers in practice rooms for piano majors. >(Needling was good for about 2 weeks, but I was sore after I got through >with one) > >Acetone? or Alcohol/Water? > >If you've had unwanted results/side effects with one or the other, I'd like >to know that also. Responding privately is fine. >Thanks, > >Jeff Tanner, Piano Technician >School of Music >University of South Carolina >Columbia, SC 29208 >(803)-777-4392 (phone) >(803)-777-6508 (fax) > > Horace Greeley, CNA, MCP, RPT Systems Analyst/Engineer Controller's Office Stanford University email: hgreeley@leland.stanford.edu voice mail: 650.725.9062 fax: 650.725.8014
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