Update: Steam treating Hammers

[Wayne Walker]

I like this idea, she could paint them with low VOC paint and not cause any
environment problems.
Wayne
 
Wayne Walker
Piano Tuner / Technician
Musicstop Acoustic Piano Service
264 Herring Cove Road
Halifax, NS, Canada
B3P 1M1
902-221-1540
902-496-0041 Fax
HYPERLINK "http://www.musicstop.com/"www.musicstop.com

-----Original Message-----
From: Alan Barnard [mailto:tune4u at earthlink.net] 
Sent: Wednesday, July 04, 2007 8:03 PM
To: wayne.w at musicstop.com; pianotech at ptg.org
Subject: RE: Update: Steam treating Hammers


 

Tell her to Scotch Tape egg cartons all over the walls and ceiling. Hey, it
used to work for radio stations in the 20s and 30s!

Alan Barnard
Salem, MO


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Original message
From: "Wayne Walker"  
To: "Pianotech List"  
Received: 7/4/2007 2:19:10 PM
Subject: Update: Steam treating Hammers


The piano wasn't too harsh sounding when I check it. I tried the Vice Grips
on a couple of hammers that were standing out, didn't make much of a
differences. Steam the shoulder on some, bit more range, but the unison were
starting to beat a bit so I gave the piano a tuning. I check the sound again
and it sounded much better. A lot of what she was hearing was a pianos
starting to go out tune and was thinking it was the voicing problem coming
back. The room acoustic didn't help, I really didn't take that much noticed
before. Ceramic floors, drywall, and no drapes. With her environment
problems she has to keep things neutral. The customer tried the piano and
was happy with the sound. I explained to her about the acoustics of the room
and how that will effect the sound of the piano. I suggested that she
install drapes but, that is not an option. So far she seems to be happy with
the results. 

  

I have a customer with a newer Chinese piano with harsh sounding hammers. I
have tried chemical softener, needled and the piano still sounds bad. The
customer has chemical sensitivity so I can't use anything in her home now. I
was there a couple of weeks ago and used the steam method on the hammers and
it work great. I was happy and the customer was happy, but today she left a
voice mail saying the piano is harsh sounding again. How long will the steam
method last? Will I need to do this often? I just want to have a happy
customer with out having to swap pianos with her.
  
Wayne
  

Wayne Walker
Piano Tuner / Technician
 
Musicstop Acoustic Piano Service 
264 Herring Cove Road
Halifax, NS, Canada
B3P 1M1
902-221-1540
902-496-0041 Fax
HYPERLINK "http://www.musicstop.com/"www.musicstop.com

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