My experience aggrees with this. I use either the water / alcohol for extremely hard new hammers, and I use a variant of Rogers steam procedure for regular voicing. The more I get used to this... the less I use needles. Frankly I think I will soon have stuck my last needle in a hammer. piano lover88 wrote: > A fellow tech tells me that he is NOT using snuggles any more, (for voicing) > because he strongly believes that it damages/ruins hammers in the long run. > He now uses denatured alcohol and water..ONLY. The water "puffs" up the > felt, and according to him it is every bit as effective and lasts just as > long, however, the effects are not as immediate as with snuggles; takes > about 20-30 minutes for the full effect. He tells me the ratio is 70% > denatured alcohol to 30% distilled water. I have not yet tried this method, > but I will be very soon. If it works well, i will be happy to discontiue > using fabric softener in the "mix". > > Terry Peterson > Associate Member PTG > Los Angeles, CA > > _________________________________________________________________________ > Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. > > Share information about yourself, create your own public profile at > http://profiles.msn.com. -- Richard Brekne RPT, N.P.T.F. Bergen, Norway
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