John Delacour just posted a link to his instructions for making a rubbing... http://pianomaker.co.uk/rubbing.html I'd think that if your client is using this piano for recordings, he'd want to replace the strings sooner than later, even if it's not for a few months (after the profits from the Winter Holiday Music recordings start rolling in.) Paul Bruesch Stillwater, MN On Mon, Dec 1, 2008 at 12:53 PM, <wimblees at aol.com> wrote: > Shawn > > No matter what you do to the one or two of the bass strings, they are not > going to sound like the rest of them. If this guy is going to use the piano > for recording, I would suggest a whole new set of bass strings. Contact Jim > Arledge on how to make a pattern, so the owner of the piano will not be > without the use of the piano for more than a day or two. > > Willem (Wim) Blees, RPT > Piano Tuner/Technician > Mililani, Oahu, HI > 808-349-2943 > Author of: > The Business of Piano Tuning > available from Potter Press > www.pianotuning.com > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Shawn Brock <shawnbrock at fuse.net> > To: Pianotech List <pianotech at ptg.org> > Sent: Mon, 1 Dec 2008 6:42 am > Subject: [pianotech] cleaning/restoring tone of bass strings > > 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 > > ------------------------------ > Tis the season to save your money! Get the new AOL Holiday Toolbar<http://toolbar.aol.com/holiday/download.html?ncid=emlweusdown00000008>for money saving offers and gift ideas. > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech_ptg.org/attachments/20081201/8a464ca6/attachment.html>
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