Michel Lachance <chance@InterLinx.qc.ca> rote: <<Pianophile (Montr=E9al) sells a hammer softener that has some=20 efficiency. The solution looks to me as being a mixture of water and=20 alcohol. Does anyone know the receipe?>> David Stanwood was talking about this back in '90. The Alc breaks the=20 surface tension of the water so that the water can enter the wool and=20 swell the fiber matting. The Pianophile recipe is probably nothing more=20 than water and alc (with a dash of olive oil for happy hour). The proportion? Do this the same way you would in lacquering hammers. Let= =20 your experience tell you how much the tone needs to be moved, pick a=20 sample hammer, and test a trial mixture to see if it can make the change=20 in one dose. If you fall short or long of the mark, adjust the mixture=20 accordingly before doing the rest of the hammers in the section. I never=20 got "heavier" than 4:1, water :alc. I always let the hammer felt dry=20 overnight. BTW, raise the temperature of the water to vapor level, and=20 the hammers will be dry within minutes. Bill Ballard RPT NH Chapter "The truth is inside you, Don Octavio. I cannot help you find that." The=20 mother of a delusional patient to his psychiatrist in "Don Juan DeMarco"
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