Shellac and Everclear

[David Love]

Bob:

No offense taken; apologies if my wording seemed that way.  I do know people
who use keytop solution, or plexiglass, to harden the overall hammer.
Steinway does not, as you mentioned, do it that way.  They build the tone
with lacquer and touch up the crown with plastic in the CA dpt.. Patton said
that the new keytops will not dissolve in acetone the way the old ones did.
For my purposes I have an old cheap set from Schaff that will probably last
me forever.

David Love

----- Original Message -----
From: <BobDavis88@AOL.COM>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: July 21, 2001 9:16 AM
Subject: Re: Shellac and Everclear


> David Love writes:
>
> > 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,
> I meant no offense. I did read the entire reply; you were clear that you
> didn't recommend it, and I wasn't responding directly to your method. I
was
> actually meaning only to clarify further that the factory and the C&A
> department are two different entities, and that you won't find all-keytop
> juiced hammers, so far as I know, in the Steinway system. I don't think
you
> will even find keytop in production (non-C&A) instruments. Anyone out
there
> know different?
>
> I enjoy your posts (read 'em all the way through).
> Bob