Hammer Softener

[David Porritt]

Randy:

1> Don't overdo it!
2> If you overdo it, use your favorite hardner.

dave

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David M. Porritt, RPT
Meadows School of the Arts
Southern Methodist University
Dallas, Texas
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On Thu, 6 Mar 1997, Randy Potter wrote:

>
> I have a question about using fabric softener on hammers:
>
> I have used it before, on Kawai grands at Baylor University with Danny
> Boone during one of our Advanced Training Seminars several years ago.
> Brushing it sparingly on the surface of the hammer, from about 10:30-1:30
> position, with an artists paintbrush, resulted in taking a
> way-to-overpowering-bright piano to very pleasantly mellow instrument.
>
> But I have never done it since, primarily because I never encountered
> another instrument which needed that much voicing. (Perhaps I lead a
> charmed life. As it was, we had to listen to a great number of the 40+
> two-year-old grands in their practice rooms to find one that had been
> beat enough for the hammers to become harsh enough to try this out.
>
> The question is - what do you do if it oversoftens the hammers? What
> solution or process do you use to "undo" the process? After you put
> no-cling / non-stick stuff on the felt, what can you put on it to "undo"
> your work, if it is needed?
>
> Randy Potter, R.P.T.
>
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