Soundboard Chemical Treatment

[David ilvedson]

> Date:          Mon, 19 Aug 1996 13:28:14 -0700
> From:          Philip Jamison <mortier@newtech.net>
> Subject:       Re: Soundboard Chemical Treatment
> To:            pianotech@byu.edu
> Cc:            mortier@newtech.net
> Reply-to:      pianotech@byu.edu

> Rob Kiddell wrote:
> >
> > Greetings Folks,
> >
> >         I receive several inquiries about pianos from my website, but none
> > was stranger than the person who proudly informed me that "the
> > soundboard has been chemically treated to hold tuning longer", on
> > their Schumann 5' grand #48322. I stifled a snort, and sent back a
> > tactful reply asking what process was involved, who did it, what the
> > benefits were, etc.
> >
> > Anyone else hear of this type of "treatment"?
>
> Reminds me of the "Chemical Tuning" sold in the south some years back.
> The "tuner" came to the home, applied a smelly chemical to the piano, and
> instructed the piano owner "not to play the piano for 24 hours." Of
> course, he was long gone by then!
> Philip Jamison
>
It reminds me of the "perma-tuning" being sold around the
mid-west many years ago.