Joseph, The "snuggles" method is certainly not new, and I've had excellent, immediate results using the following ratio: alcohol@16 parts, Water@3 parts, Snuggles@ 1 part. As you can plainly see, the Fab softener ratio is quite small, but effective. I "snuggle down" rock-hard hammers quite often in the showroom; but mostly on older pianos, trade-ins and rental returns; it really puts the icing on a tuning. Terry Peterson Precision Piano Service Torrance, CA >Terry, >To what do you attribute the better results when using the fabric >softener? >Do you think it adds "body" to the hammer without the hardness? Obviously >we're trying to get space, or air, in with the felt to add the resiliency >and softer characteristics. When you do use the concoction suggested, do >you >find that a heavy filing is required as Del Fandrich alluded to sometime >back? > >Joseph Alkana RPT > _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com
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