And what does one do with the acetone used in the drenching? Hopefully no one is dumping down the drain...;-[ David I. ----- Original message ----------------------------------------> From: Barbara Richmond <piano57@flash.net> To: Pianotech <pianotech@ptg.org> Received: Wed, 29 Sep 2004 08:41:12 -0500 Subject: Re: Evidence of overlacquered hammers >So what does one do to help it, drench with acetone? I must admit, I >haven't tried that yet. >What the heck, even though it's polically incorrect and 9 or ten years ago I >was told I was clogging up the hammers, here's what I've done with hammers >with too much lacquer and when needling or whatever doesn't do the trick. >I've had a lot of experience with this, because *every* Steinway at IWU >(where I was on staff)--except a new D--had been over-lacquered and since I >had no parts budget, I had to do something. >I use a glass syringe (I batted my eye-lashes at the pharmacist 22 1/2 years >ago to get it without a prescription) and needle (of course). Mix 8 parts >alcohol and one part fabric softener (yeah, yeah, I've heard what some folks >think of fabric softener, but it works). Carefully, one drop at a time--and >you may only need one drop--on the place that has the lacquer, or any other >place that you want to soften up. It works and it can sound great. The >nice thing about the syringe is it's easier to control where the stuff goes >and with careful use, one can control the size of the drop. If the sound >gets brought down too much, do whatever you'd do to brighten it up again >(filing, iron, etc.). >There you have it. >Barbara Richmond >----- Original Message ----- >From: "David Love" <davidlovepianos@comcast.net> >To: "'Pianotech'" <pianotech@ptg.org> >Sent: Wednesday, September 29, 2004 8:28 AM >Subject: RE: Evidence of overlacquered hammers >> It doesn't. The issue here is not maintaining the strike point. When >> the hammer flattens out it strikes the strings on each side of the >> flattened surface. Since lacquer is usually applied from the shoulders, >> the outer edges of the shoulder can be a bit crusty and you can end up >> with two rather pingy strike points. >> >> David Love >> davidlovepianos@comcast.net >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] On >> Behalf Of Jerry Cohen >> Sent: Wednesday, September 29, 2004 6:16 AM >> To: 'Pianotech' >> Subject: RE: Evidence of overlacquered hammers >> >> Getting back to the original subject, why would over lacquering cause >> the >> hammer to strike the string at 2 different points? Did I misinterpret >> something? >> >> Thanks. >> >> Jerry Cohen >> NJ Chapter >> >> _______________________________________________ >> pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives >> >_______________________________________________ >pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives
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