Still, that certainly does not mean that one cannot get good results. I remember seeing some instruments years ago in a city which shall remain nameless that had had their hammer hardening done by a solution of plain white sugar and water. It worked...sort of. Produced rather a sweet sound. (Sorry - bad joke. It's still early, and I haven't had my morning coffee yet.) Best. Horace Well I hope you use plenty of sugar. If there were a Grammy for the best sounding piano with "doped" hammers it would have to go to the piano used in the song from " Grease" freaturing Olivia Newton John, with the words "you are the one that I want" or something like that, or maybe that is the title. That sound reminded me of a rock group I tuned for (once) (Pablo Cruise) that had a super bright Yamaha C1 or C2. I asked the road manager if they wanted it voiced. He said, "hell no" I took to mean he knew what voicing was. I asked him how the hammers got so bright. He said he soaked them with Elmers glue the last time they were voiced because the keyboard player complained that they sounded too soft. So between sugar and Elmers I guess we have a happy medium. I would like think the sugar would give that sparkling sound I heard in that piano backing up Olivia NJ. ---ric
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