prepaired concert piano

[baoli liu]

Thank you Kevin,
What CLP Means?

Baoli

--- "Kevin E. Ramsey" <ramsey@extremezone.com> wrote:
>     First of all, Demand, and I mean demand!, that
> the performer wash his/her hands the same way a
> surgeon would before touching the strings. Secondly,
> if you're going to try to clean the strings
> afterwards, the plain wire I would probably rub with
> a cloth with a very little amount of CLP on it. On
> the wound strings, you're really going after the
> high points on the windings, because you can't
> really get your fingers anywhere else, and I might
> be tempted to rub them with a cloth that has some
> solvent like alcohol on it. Not sopping wet, you
> don't want any liquid getting into the windings,
> just barely damp to the feel.  Use quick back a
> forth motions with very little pressure. 
>     That's how I'd do it, anyway. 
> 
> 
>   ----- Original Message ----- 
>   From: baoli liu 
>   To: pianotech@ptg.org 
>   Sent: Tuesday, August 27, 2002 9:51 AM
>   Subject: prepaired concert piano
> 
> 
>   Hi list,
> 
>   a pianoist is going to play some morden music next
>   week on one of our concert pianos,he is going to
> plug
>   the stings by fingers.
> 
>   I know some technicians sugested to shift another
>   piano(usually older one) for prepaired pianoist.I
> am
>   thinking the possibility to clean the strings
> after
>   the concert.For me, cleaning strings is easier
> than
>   moving concert pianos around.
> 
>   my question is what is the best way to clean
> strings?
> 
>   Thanks!
> 
>   Baoli
> 
> 
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