prepaired concert piano

Kevin E. Ramsey ramsey@extremezone.com
Tue, 27 Aug 2002 16:32:51 -0700


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Baoli,, It's one of the Protek products. It's generally used as a center =
pin lube, but the CLP refers to "cleaner, lubricant, and protectant". =
It'll clean up and apply a protective coating to the wire.=20
  ----- Original Message -----=20
  From: baoli liu=20
  To: pianotech@ptg.org=20
  Sent: Tuesday, August 27, 2002 11:36 AM
  Subject: Re: prepaired concert piano


  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.=20
  >     That's how I'd do it, anyway.=20
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  >   ----- Original Message -----=20
  >   From: baoli liu=20
  >   To: pianotech@ptg.org=20
  >   Sent: Tuesday, August 27, 2002 9:51 AM
  >   Subject: prepaired concert piano
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  >   Hi list,
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  >   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.
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  >   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.
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  >   my question is what is the best way to clean
  > strings?
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  >   Thanks!
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  >   Baoli
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