Gregor, I was under the impression that Ballistol was the thing for leather. What do you use for leather lubrication? David Ilvedson, RPT Pacifica, CA 94044 ----- Original message ---------------------------------------- From: "Gregor _" <karlkaputt at hotmail.com> To: pianotech at ptg.org Received: 10/20/2009 1:12:12 AM Subject: Re: [pianotech] Some rebuilding videos >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!
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