Non-smelly Hammer Juice

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Hmmm ... Ironing I understand. But by "filing" do you mean taking off felt?
I don't understand that idea on new hammers. Or are you really talking about
just "polishing" them with some fine-grit emery paper?

Thanks,

Alan Barnard
Salem, MO

----- Original Message -----
From: "Roger Jolly" <roger.j@sasktel.net>
To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Wednesday, December 11, 2002 10:27 AM
Subject: Re: Non-smelly Hammer Juice


>
> Hi Alan,
>               Have you filed them?   Filing and ironing them will brighten
> them up quite a bit.
> Roger
>
> At 12:37 AM 12/11/02 -0600, you wrote:
> >I've got some new bass hammers in a Baldwin 6000 that sound like
> >marshmallows gently wafting against bedsprings--no power at all.
> >
> >Where the piano is, I can't put anything on them that will be too stinky
> >or hazardous to breathe. How can I harden these babies without
traditional
> >lacquer?
> >
> >Alan Barnard
> >Salem, MO
>
>
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