Roger,
May I suggest using 3M's sandpaper replacment material? The oxblood
colored variety is the one for this job. It would also allow better axcess
to the underside of the wire if you were inclinded. It's fast...it's
clean...there is no oil in it...(like steel wool)
Dan
on 8/31/01 5:02 AM, jolly roger at baldyam@sk.sympatico.ca wrote:
> Take a string eraser and sharpen one end to a chisle shape, use at an
> angle and you can slip between the strings and clean the sides and most of
> the underside. The blunt end is used to clean the top sides of the strings.
>
> I think some of the down ward pressure also helps seat the string. Close
> attention to all the bearing points, string cleanliness, and hammer
> mating, often saves you from having to do any thing further to the hammers.
>
> Regards Roger
>
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