Fw: Shellac and Everclear

[Erwinpiano]

Hi Bob
       Also I thought I heard John Patton in the all day stwy class say that
the keytop material was pyralin which if true is a much softer form of
keytop material thay isn't used much any more. Seems to me that if true this
would be a more controllable and a more forgiving final voicing toucher
upper. Any body confirm that. Maybe I was hearing things.(I do that
sometimes)


    Dale Erwin


----- Original Message -----
From: <BobDavis88@AOL.COM>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Friday, 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
>