Lanolin

[Frank Cahill]

Larry J. Messerly wrote:
> 
> As an experiment and in frustration at old hammers that would not voice I
> treated the hammers in one of my rental pianos with lanolin.
> 
> I figured that the old hammers would not soften no mater how many needles
> I put in them because they were like cardboard.  I took some of the
> left-over anhydrous lanolin from making VJ lube melted it and tried to
> apply it to the striking point of the hammers.  Unfortunately, it cooled
> to quick so I gave up and just applied it as a paste and then melted it
> into the hammers using my daughter's hair drier. (This technician is a
> real Bald-one)
> 
> Immediate softening of the tone and now at the 6 month tuning still
> sounding sweet.
> 
> I would not recommend this to everyone.  These hammers had plenty of felt
> left, just too dry.  It was a low cost solution to tinny sounding
> hammers.
> 
> Larry Messerly RPT
> Prescott/Phoenix
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How about the fabric softener/achohol treatment?  Ever tried it? If so,
how long did it last?
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Frank Cahill
Associate Member
Northern Va