Hi Greg and List, I have had one of those things for several months. Found it at Costco and had to have it. I have used it for cleaning around the house, which it does fairly well, but not for voicing. Too much steam! For hammers I have a small portable clothes steamer about half the size of a box of tuning pins. It puts out a gentle steaming and works well for hammers. A gentle pass at the striking point and more on the shoulders of the bass does a very nice job. So far. With Yamaha hammers I might consider using more steam like the Eurika thingee. Newton Greg Newell wrote: > > List, > Recently I found a steamer that I really like a lot. I don't > remember this name coming up before but if so just hit the delete key. > It's made by Eureka and it's called the "Hot Shot". It has a multitude > of attachments and a really nice built in nozzle on a swivel so you can > direct the steam very well. I've used it a couple times now to remove > key bushings and other hide glue attached felts. It really does work > nicely. The steam comes out in a rather powerful jet. I haven't used it > to voice hammers with yet but I'm waiting until I get something in the > shop here to try it on. I really don't want another thing to carry > around in my van. Needles still work very well for the traveling tech, > thank you very much. Anyway , thought you'd like to know. > > Greg Newell
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