[CAUT] Experiment Success

[Andrew Anderson]

Reminds me of prepping a D for a Steinway Artist that wanted more out 
of the killer octaves.  I decided on shellac as the hammers really 
weren't played in yet.  The site manager was helpful and ran off to 
the store to get some hair spray, redolent with botanicals--the best!

One whiff of that and I headed off to Lowes.

Andrew Anderson

At 09:58 AM 4/5/2007, you wrote:
>ROTFL
>Joe Goss RPT
>Mother Goose Tools
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>From: <mailto:pwilliams4 at unlnotes.unl.edu>Paul T Williams
>To: <mailto:annie at allthingspiano.com>annie at allthingspiano.com ; 
><mailto:caut at ptg.org>College and University Technicians
>Sent: Thursday, April 05, 2007 8:41 AM
>Subject: Re: [CAUT] Experiment Success
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>Whether or not it would work, the piano would smell like a pickle 
>forever...pw
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>"Annie Grieshop" <<mailto:annie at allthingspiano.com>annie at allthingspiano.com>
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>04/05/2007 09:00 AM
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>If a wool sweater shrinks when washed, soaking it in vinegar will 
>relax the fibers and allow it to be reshaped.  Will that work on 
>hammers?  I don't have anything handy that would be a fair test.  Is 
>vinegar too acidic for strings?  It could be neutralized, but that 
>would mean another hammer treatment.
>
>Annie Grieshop
>Iowa (Hi, Richard!)
>-----Original Message-----
>From: caut-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces at ptg.org]On Behalf Of 
>Richard Adkins
>Sent: Thursday, April 05, 2007 8:34 AM
>To: Caut
>Subject: [CAUT] Experiment Success
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>Someone asked if there might be a way to make your own fabric 
>softener/hammer softener....you'd want to know the ingredients....I 
>guess you'll need to be a chemist or know one to get the proportions....
>
>You can find out ingredients by looking here:
>
><http://householdproducts.nlm.nih.gov/cgi-bin/household/prodtree?prodcat=Home+inside&purpose=Laundry&type=fabric+softener>http://householdproducts.nlm.nih.gov/cgi-bin/household/prodtree?prodcat=Home+inside&purpose=Laundry&type=fabric+softener 
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>
>click on the brand type....you can click on the ingredient name once 
>the brand page is
>up...some have fancy names for what they put in there....I like the 
>one they call "hydrogenated tallow"...now that sounds like something 
>we'd like toput in a nice set of german piano hammers, doesn't it?
>
>Downy does not list their ingredients, so I'm not sure if what you 
>can find will actually work like Downy
>does....here's some more....also found in some hair rinses....leave 
>the hair soft and silky.....maybe you
>could give the piano a real silky tone with it?
>
>(C14-C18) Dialkyldimethylammonium methyl sulfate
>
>Di (C14-1S-alkyl) dimethyl methyl sulfate
>
>Didn't we used to have a Chemist/Caut member, or was that over on 
>the other PTG list?
>
>"Science.enotes.com"  has an article you might read:
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><http://science.enotes.com/how-products-encyclopedia/fabric-softener>http://science.enotes.com/how-products-encyclopedia/fabric-softener 
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>
>cheers...
>
>Richard Adkins
>Coe College
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