Without knowing what he used I would think Balistol would work well. Usually I never use Balistol for leather in a piano, but on this it should be okay. It makes the leather smooth and could be done again in a few years. The drawback is that you can´t glue new leather on the old straps in the future. Gregor ------------------------------------------ piano technician - tuner - dealer Münster, Germany www.weldert.de Date: Mon, 19 Oct 2009 11:45:13 -0600 From: pelican2 at gmx.com To: pianotech at ptg.org Subject: Re: [pianotech] Some rebuilding videos Gregor, That's what I was thinking as I've seen a few pianos that have bridal strap leather (if that's what it is) tabs that are "crunchy" and disintegrate when you try to un-hook them. It would be nice to have a cure for this. Thanks, Scott Gregor _ wrote: Scott, no idea, but I will ask Michael who made the video. Unfortunately he is on tour for a few weeks, so his answer may come somewhat delayed. I assume it´s something that makes the leather smooth again so that they don´t break. Perhaps something with oil? Gregor ------------------------------------------ piano technician - tuner - dealer Münster, Germany www.weldert.de Date: Mon, 19 Oct 2009 08:41:08 -0600 From: pelican2 at gmx.com To: pianotech at ptg.org Subject: Re: [pianotech] Some rebuilding videos Hi Gregor, On the 4th video, about 44 seconds into it, what is the solution that's being brushed onto the Bridal Straps? Scott Gregor _ wrote: List, a collegue from Austria made some nice videos of the rebuilding of a Steingräber & Söhne upright, 150 cm high. He asked me and some others to translate the German description into English so that they can be found better on Youtube by English speakers. He is no contributor of this list because his English is even worse than mine. Here they are: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xzwVFr7PyHw http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ur-odUdvbOo http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H68LnIHrbb4 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tHYvDxipAzA http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJ7CaaT2Dqs http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=va8cxn4EFlU http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TK7tkEpEB9g have fun Gregor ------------------------------------------ piano technician - tuner - dealer Münster, Germany www.weldert.de Sicher surfen Fotos, Musik …Dateien versenden – ganz einfach, ohne Limit mit Windows Live Messenger _________________________________________________________________ http://redirect.gimas.net/?n=M0910xHotmail2 Neu, Besser, Hotmail - Die neuen Features sind da! -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20091020/5ef7ec75/attachment.htm>
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