To the list. I am restoring German upright ( Beckstein ) and I wiil change all the hammers of it. To do this I blought from APSCO a set of IMADEGAWA hammers - part number 2412JMNBS -. I am reading some discussions on the list abourt the difference between the European hammers and American hammers ( I couldn't to read nothing about Japonese hammers) and I need that the Imadegawa hammers that I have be so hard as the European hammers. To do this I have a juice of lacquer and acetone as I read sometime ago on the PTG forum. QUESTIONS: 1 - What is the better way in order to do this? Before or after the instalation of the hammers ? 2 - How many drops to apply and where? Together of the wood? In both sides or in one side ? 3 - After this if a hammer is more hard than I wish is easy to voicing it? Rogerio Cunha - IC Member of the Guild - Rio de Janeiro.
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