I must disagree with your solution (pun intended). Tried the Naphtha on a piano that needed new bass strings because they were half dead. I ended up with completely dead bass strings. Al G -------------------------------------------------- From: "Euphonious Thumpe" <lclgcnp at yahoo.com> Sent: Monday, December 01, 2008 12:09 PM To: <pianotech at ptg.org> Subject: Re: [pianotech] cleaning/restoring tone of bass strings > Put heavy plastic between the strings and the case, and blast with a > non-water based cleaner. Naptha will do ( and can actually be sprayed > anywhere inside the piano, without dissolving anything, because it's a > thinner, not a solvent ) but non-chlorinated brake party cleaner works > better at blasting crud out from the windings. ( If you have a shower > curtain draped behind the strings of an upright that have been removed > from their hitch-pins and pulled up over the keybed, for example, you will > see debris accumulate in puddles of the stuff. Very gratifying! ) > But I'm loathe to suggest this, because the stuff is > D_A_N_G_E_R_O_U_S!!! It's mostly xylene, which will mess you > up--BIGTIME!!! > It will go RIGHT THROUGH 3 layers of disposable vinyl gloves ( without > even dissolving them!!! ) and the finger you use on the aerosol button > will, in all likelihood, have no sensation for 3 months. And then there's > your brain....... Wear, of course, a quality professional carbon filter > mask with disposable cartridges, and non-vented goggles, but be prepared, > anyway, to feel like your I.Q. dropped 50 points, for at least a week, if > enough of this stuff "gets through". ( And it probably will. And that will > affect your work, severely. It also makes you feel no emotions..........) > > Euphonious Thumpe > > > --- On Mon, 12/1/08, Shawn Brock <shawnbrock at fuse.net> wrote: > >> From: Shawn Brock <shawnbrock at fuse.net> >> Subject: [pianotech] cleaning/restoring tone of bass strings >> To: "Pianotech List" <pianotech at ptg.org> >> Date: Monday, December 1, 2008, 11:42 AM >> List, >> >> I know we had an insightful article in the Journal some >> time back about restoring tone to bass strings. Apparently >> some of my copies of the PTJ were lost in my move back to >> Cincinnati, so I don't have what I need when I need it. >> The problem strings are just a few bychords and the piano is >> an old Smith and Nickson art case. The fellow who bought it >> got a heck of a deal and it don't need a lot of work. >> We have to take care of these bass strings though. He will >> be using it in a professional recording studio and tubby >> bass notes just won't do. So other than the obvious >> turn and role what would any of you recommend? >> >> Regards, >> Shawn Brock, RPT >> 513-316-0563 >> www.shawnbrock.com > > > > > >
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