Polishing Hinges

[Farrell]

Get yourself a decent bench-mounted buffing wheel (I have mine mounted on my
Shop-Smith). I only need to use one or two grits of compound on my brass. I
just did all the brass for a grand two days ago and it took less than an
hour, including shooting them with laquer. They were real tarnished. Just
hit 'em with the buffing wheel, dirtier pieces using a more aggressive
compound. I did all lid hinges (including the long hinge) leg and bench
ferrules, pedals, pedal rods, and a few other pieces. Super easy, Super
fast, Super nice.

Terry Farrell
Piano Tuning & Service
Tampa, Florida
mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com

----- Original Message -----
From: "james turner" <JTTUNER@webtv.net>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Thursday, June 29, 2000 12:39 PM
Subject: Polishing Hinges


> Does anyone have an easy method of polishing old piano hinges?  The
> longer fallboard & lid hinges seem to take forever and I haven't found a
> chemical that really works fast.
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