Thank you for the formula! I have already done the needle bit. This is for an Asian-built piano with a "player" installed on it that is unbelievably loud. It's the piano - not the player! People who want to sit and talk while listening to the world's great music deserve fabric softener on their hammers! Carol Beigel >From: "David M. Porritt" <dporritt@post.cis.smu.edu> >Reply-To: pianotech@ptg.org >To: pianotech@ptg.org >Subject: Re: formula for Hammer softening solution? >Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2001 10:49:57 -0600 > >Carol: > >I've used 1part of Snuggle and 7 parts of Isopropyl alch. and it works >well. I only do that on pianos that needles won't penetrate (over doped >ones usually). When you try to stick a needle in the hammer and it doesn't >soften, but just leaves a hole, then that's what you have to do. Steam is >a little more benign if they aren't TOO hard. > >dave > >*********** REPLY SEPARATOR *********** > >On 1/29/01 at 11:19 AM Carol Beigel wrote: > > >I know it's in the archives "somewhere" but what is the formula for >hammer > >softening solution. I recall it uses Woolite (or some fabric softener) >and > >water? isopropyl alcohol? methyl alcohol? > > > >Thanks. > > > >Carol Beigel > > > >_________________________________________________________________ > >Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com > > > > >David M. Porritt >dporritt@swbell.net >Meadows School of the Arts >Southern Methodist University >Dallas, TX 75275 > _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com
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