---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment In a message dated 1/26/2003 11:09:33 AM Pacific Standard Time, fssturm@unm.edu writes: > Subj: Re: New Bostons > Date: 1/26/2003 11:09:33 AM Pacific Standard Time > From: <A HREF="mailto:fssturm@unm.edu">fssturm@unm.edu</A> > Reply-to: <A HREF="mailto:caut@ptg.org">caut@ptg.org</A> > To: <A HREF="mailto:tito@philbondi.com">tito@philbondi.com</A>, <A HREF="mailto:caut@ptg.org">caut@ptg.org</A> > Sent from the Internet > > To all Participants Thanks for the helpful replys to my initial post about the awful sounds of the hardened hammers in Boston's and how to deal with it. I consider myself now armed and dangerous with your suggestions!! Thanks---Dale Erwin > > I'll echo what Phil says, and refer to what Roger wrote, too: day to day, > steam voicing as maintenance is a quick, well aimed shot to the very crown. > Pulls the grooves back virtually level. Then iron. This is the very best > way to > extend the useful lives of hammers available. (The alternative is to file > and > sugarcoat, which will get you to need replacement real quick.) > For my part, I much prefer doing my shoulder work with needles, assuming > I > have hammers like Abels. I like the control and the results better. But > when > the hammers are rocks, and I'm facing hours of torture (Samicks and the > like), > steam is the way to go. Then maybe needles for finish. > Regards, > Fred Sturm > > Phil Bondi wrote: > ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/caut.php/attachments/ba/1a/36/55/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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