amazing, but true

[Mark Cramer]

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Great trick for tensioning the cloth Isaac!

I am using one of these new  portable steam cleaners (Wal-mart) that is
about the size of a kettle, but has a nozzle with a trigger on it. Sorry I
don't  know the name of this one, but the people who make the "SHARK" vacuum
(Germany) make a very nice  unit and so does Eureka. IT puts out quit a big
burst of steam, more than the travel steamer.

BTW, I was using this to "clean" damper felt, not to remove it. Have tried
it for removing dampers, but soaking is still faster and best, IMHO.

Mark Cramer,
Brandon University
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  From: caut-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces@ptg.org]On Behalf Of Isaac
sur Noos
  Sent: Sunday, July 20, 2003 5:04 PM
  To: College and University Technicians
  Subject: RE: amazing, but true


  Mark,

  What did you use to steam ? I have a little travel vapor dispenser (for
the clothes) that send a little steam . Is it enough ?

  About taking the grand dampers to the shower, my method is to put them
around a kettle of boiling water , and the soup is very fast to be done.
Only a few at once ( 8 dampers), but they are off in 20 min, and I avoid the
water marks on the wood (very clean wood after that)

  Adding the last trick to glue new leather /new action clown where they
need to be tense (backchecks, whippen heel, rollers, use a drop of water on
it before gluing the last side, so you can tense them easily, when dry the
tension is higher, so don't overdo it. old trick again ...

  Greetings .

  Isaac

  Isaac OLEG

  Entretien et réparation de pianos.

  PianoTech
  17 rue de Choisy
  94400 VITRY sur SEINE
  FRANCE
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    De : caut-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces@ptg.org]De la part de
Mark Cramer
    Envoyé : dimanche 20 juillet 2003 19:51
    À : College and University Technicians
    Objet : RE: amazing, but true


    I recently 'steam-cleaned' a set on a vertical action Wim. The main
objective was to remove the impaction from bass-string windings so they
would seat well on new strings. Worked just fine!

    Mark Cramer,
    Brandon University
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      From: caut-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces@ptg.org]On Behalf Of
Wimblees@aol.com
      Sent: Sunday, July 20, 2003 10:14 AM
      To: caut@ptg.org
      Subject: amazing, but true


      I have been led to believe, as I am sure you are too, that damper
felts will harden when they get wet.

      I just restrung a 30 year old B, and was going to replace the damper
felts. I took the dampers home and gave them a shower. (I soak them in the
shower with hot water. It loosens the glue so the felts drop off easily).

      The next morning I got sidelined, and it wasn't until later in the
next I had time to take the felts off. By this time, however, the glue had
hardened again, and I had to cut the felts off with a knife. I soon realized
that I forgot that I had replaced these dampers about a year and half ago.
So they were virtually brand new. But when I touched the felt, they all
seemed very soft. I had only removed the felt off the last 6 dampers, so I
thought, what the hell, lets try putting them on the piano, and see how they
work.

      I did, and they are fine. None of them are hard. So my conclusion is
that new felts can get wet, and still work. You learn something new every
day. Amazing, but true.

      Wim





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