prepped piano

Horace Greeley horace@compadept.com
Thu, 11 Jan 1996 12:06:29 -0800


At 12:24 PM 1/11/96 -0700, you wrote:
>On Thu, 11 Jan 1996, Horace Greeley wrote:
>
>> ask if the cleaner had any acetone.  I am sure you know that acetone is the
>> carrier for things like nail polish and Duco cement, etc., _none_ of which
>> should be allowed to get anywhere near piano wire as it is immediately
>> corrosive to the steel.
>^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>
>     I'll bet it really does a NUMBER  on those poor finger nails, if
>it's that corrosive to STEEL!!! Do you mean it is corrosive to PLASTIC,
>maybe???
>
>
>
>John Minor
>Piano Technician
>University of Illinois
>jminor@uiuc.edu
>
John,

Nope - Steel.  Try and see for yourself; really works wonders on capos...

Horace

Horace Greeley, RPT
Piano Technician & Consultant
The Colburn School of Performing Arts
Los Angeles, CA
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