Shellac and Everclear

[David Love]

Bob:

If you read the entire reply you will see that I said that I would not use
keytop solution to build up the overall firmness of the hammer.

David Love

----- Original Message -----
From: <BobDavis88@AOL.COM>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: July 20, 2001 7:00 PM
Subject: Re: Shellac and Everclear


> David Love writes:
>
> > The S&S concert techs use one keytop (and front) dissolved in 8 oz. of
> > acetone.  I would not use this solution for trying to build up the
overall
> > firmness of the hammer (though some people do).
>
> Last I heard, the factory still uses lacquer, so by the time C&A gets
them,
> they already have a significant base. The keytop is used for refinement on
> top of the lacquer.
> Bob Davis