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Have you tried soaking the hammers in lacquer and voicing while wet?  Have you tried voicing pliers?  Take some size 10r vise grips, file off grooves.

Squeeze the shoulders.  Quite effective and fast. Of course new hammers best choice. Why were hammers lacquered in the first place? If customer

was looking for more brilliance Renner or Abel hammers would be my choice.

Alan,

You might be surprised with the effectiveness of VS-PROFELT on the hammers at breaking up that lacquer. Either at strike point, or shoulders, or from the side, in the meat of the hammers. 

Peter Grey Piano Doctor 

Have you tried soaking the hammers in lacquer and voicing while wet?  Have you tried voicing pliers?  Take some size 10r vise grips, file off grooves.

Squeeze the shoulders.  Quite effective and fast. Of course new hammers best choice. Why were hammers lacquered in the first place? If customer

was looking for more brilliance Renner or Abel hammers would be my choice.

Have you tried soaking the hammers in lacquer and voicing while wet?  Have you tried voicing pliers?  Take some size 10r vise grips, file off grooves.

Squeeze the shoulders.  Quite effective and fast. Of course new hammers best choice. Why were hammers lacquered in the first place? If customer

was looking for more brilliance Renner or Abel hammers would be my choice.

Parker,

Adding more lacquer had not occurred to me, seeing as how lacquer seems to be the source of the near nature of the felt on these hammers.

And yes, I have used the vice grip approach, which I had previously only used on rockhard Chinese hammers. That barely made a dent in the tone of these hammers.

The client purchased this piano some time ago, and did not have the hammers lacquered. It was already in there.

Thanks, 

Alan

Have you tried soaking the hammers in lacquer and voicing while wet?  Have you tried voicing pliers?  Take some size 10r vise grips, file off grooves.

Squeeze the shoulders.  Quite effective and fast. Of course new hammers best choice. Why were hammers lacquered in the first place? If customer

was looking for more brilliance Renner or Abel hammers would be my choice.

Replying to #7.  I meant to write lacquer thinner NOT lacquer.  Acetone could also be used.  Best solution:  new hammers.  Use hammers that do not require chemical hardeners.

Parker,

Adding more lacquer had not occurred to me, seeing as how lacquer seems to be the source of the near nature of the felt on these hammers.

And yes, I have used the vice grip approach, which I had previously only used on rockhard Chinese hammers. That barely made a dent in the tone of these hammers.

The client purchased this piano some time ago, and did not have the hammers lacquered. It was already in there.

Thanks, 

Alan

Have you tried soaking the hammers in lacquer and voicing while wet?  Have you tried voicing pliers?  Take some size 10r vise grips, file off grooves.

Squeeze the shoulders.  Quite effective and fast. Of course new hammers best choice. Why were hammers lacquered in the first place? If customer

was looking for more brilliance Renner or Abel hammers would be my choice.

Replying to #7.  I meant to write lacquer thinner NOT lacquer.  Acetone could also be used.  Best solution:  new hammers.  Use hammers that do not require chemical hardeners.

Parker,

Adding more lacquer had not occurred to me, seeing as how lacquer seems to be the source of the near nature of the felt on these hammers.

And yes, I have used the vice grip approach, which I had previously only used on rockhard Chinese hammers. That barely made a dent in the tone of these hammers.

The client purchased this piano some time ago, and did not have the hammers lacquered. It was already in there.

Thanks, 

Alan

Have you tried soaking the hammers in lacquer and voicing while wet?  Have you tried voicing pliers?  Take some size 10r vise grips, file off grooves.

Squeeze the shoulders.  Quite effective and fast. Of course new hammers best choice. Why were hammers lacquered in the first place? If customer

was looking for more brilliance Renner or Abel hammers would be my choice.

Alan,

Yes I have. However, move forward cautiously since it is possible to go too far and adversely affect the glue at the moulding. 

I made a rock hard set of these "usable" in this way. But I repeat to proceed with caution as it is powerful stuff. 

Peter Grey Piano Doctor 

Replying to #7.  I meant to write lacquer thinner NOT lacquer.  Acetone could also be used.  Best solution:  new hammers.  Use hammers that do not require chemical hardeners.

Parker,

Adding more lacquer had not occurred to me, seeing as how lacquer seems to be the source of the near nature of the felt on these hammers.

And yes, I have used the vice grip approach, which I had previously only used on rockhard Chinese hammers. That barely made a dent in the tone of these hammers.

The client purchased this piano some time ago, and did not have the hammers lacquered. It was already in there.

Thanks, 

Alan

Have you tried soaking the hammers in lacquer and voicing while wet?  Have you tried voicing pliers?  Take some size 10r vise grips, file off grooves.

Squeeze the shoulders.  Quite effective and fast. Of course new hammers best choice. Why were hammers lacquered in the first place? If customer

was looking for more brilliance Renner or Abel hammers would be my choice.

Roger that, Peter. I so appreciate this caution!

Alan,

Yes I have. However, move forward cautiously since it is possible to go too far and adversely affect the glue at the moulding. 

I made a rock hard set of these "usable" in this way. But I repeat to proceed with caution as it is powerful stuff. 

Peter Grey Piano Doctor 

Replying to #7.  I meant to write lacquer thinner NOT lacquer.  Acetone could also be used.  Best solution:  new hammers.  Use hammers that do not require chemical hardeners.

Parker,

Adding more lacquer had not occurred to me, seeing as how lacquer seems to be the source of the near nature of the felt on these hammers.

And yes, I have used the vice grip approach, which I had previously only used on rockhard Chinese hammers. That barely made a dent in the tone of these hammers.

The client purchased this piano some time ago, and did not have the hammers lacquered. It was already in there.

Thanks, 

Alan

Roger that, Peter. I so appreciate this caution!

Alan,

Yes I have. However, move forward cautiously since it is possible to go too far and adversely affect the glue at the moulding. 

I made a rock hard set of these "usable" in this way. But I repeat to proceed with caution as it is powerful stuff. 

Peter Grey Piano Doctor 

Replying to #7.  I meant to write lacquer thinner NOT lacquer.  Acetone could also be used.  Best solution:  new hammers.  Use hammers that do not require chemical hardeners.

Parker,

Adding more lacquer had not occurred to me, seeing as how lacquer seems to be the source of the near nature of the felt on these hammers.

And yes, I have used the vice grip approach, which I had previously only used on rockhard Chinese hammers. That barely made a dent in the tone of these hammers.

The client purchased this piano some time ago, and did not have the hammers lacquered. It was already in there.

Thanks, 

Alan

Roger that, Peter. I so appreciate this caution!

Alan,

Yes I have. However, move forward cautiously since it is possible to go too far and adversely affect the glue at the moulding. 

I made a rock hard set of these "usable" in this way. But I repeat to proceed with caution as it is powerful stuff. 

Peter Grey Piano Doctor 

Replying to #7.  I meant to write lacquer thinner NOT lacquer.  Acetone could also be used.  Best solution:  new hammers.  Use hammers that do not require chemical hardeners.

Parker,

Adding more lacquer had not occurred to me, seeing as how lacquer seems to be the source of the near nature of the felt on these hammers.

And yes, I have used the vice grip approach, which I had previously only used on rockhard Chinese hammers. That barely made a dent in the tone of these hammers.

The client purchased this piano some time ago, and did not have the hammers lacquered. It was already in there.

Thanks, 

Alan

Ultimately I believe the "active" ingredient is the water, whereas the surfactant(s) are alcohol and snuggle.

Another extremely effective surfactant is Dampp-Chaser pad treatment, as the active ingredient there is CAS-xxx.... which if you look it up is a pretty powerful surfactant. I have replaced my alcohol usage with that when I need to get water somewhere it does not want to go by nature. 

Peter Grey Piano Doctor 

Roger that, Peter. I so appreciate this caution!

Alan,

Yes I have. However, move forward cautiously since it is possible to go too far and adversely affect the glue at the moulding. 

I made a rock hard set of these "usable" in this way. But I repeat to proceed with caution as it is powerful stuff. 

Peter Grey Piano Doctor 

Replying to #7.  I meant to write lacquer thinner NOT lacquer.  Acetone could also be used.  Best solution:  new hammers.  Use hammers that do not require chemical hardeners.

Parker,

Adding more lacquer had not occurred to me, seeing as how lacquer seems to be the source of the near nature of the felt on these hammers.

And yes, I have used the vice grip approach, which I had previously only used on rockhard Chinese hammers. That barely made a dent in the tone of these hammers.

The client purchased this piano some time ago, and did not have the hammers lacquered. It was already in there.

Thanks, 

Alan