[pianotech] Using multifunction tool for grand damper felt removal?

[Ron Nossaman]

On 9/4/2011 2:34 PM, David Porritt wrote:

> I just did a damper job last month and steamed them off with my Walmart
> water heating pot and it worked quite well and pretty fast.

I tried wet felts and an iron back when the earth was young, but nothing 
steam related since. I recall it being a pain, though not as miserable 
as key end felts. It;s a new century now, so things might have changed.


>Also no danger
> of removing wood of the damper head from getting overly aggressive with the
> chisel.

Yep, that's why the scraper. It's WAY more controllable than a chisel.
Ron N