Thank you David and Marcel. I will try out your suggestions. Joe On Jun 24, 2010, at 1:57 PM, pianotech-request at ptg.org wrote: > Send pianotech mailing list submissions to > pianotech at ptg.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://ptg.org/mailman/listinfo/pianotech > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > pianotech-request at ptg.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > pianotech-owner at ptg.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of pianotech digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Newsletters OT sort of... (Paul T Williams) > 2. Re: Newsletters OT sort of... (paul bruesch) > 3. Re: Spilled wine (Marcel Carey) > 4. Re: Desperate measures!!! (PAULREVENKOJONES at aol.com) > 5. Re: Newsletters OT sort of... (PAULREVENKOJONES at aol.com) > 6. Re: OT - Pool (PAULREVENKOJONES at aol.com) > 7. Re: SAP in Poland (John Ross) > 8. Re: SAP in Poland (Andrew Anderson) > 9. Re: Newsletters OT sort of... (Mike Kurta) > 10. Estonia finish (Ruth Phillips) > 11. Re: Spilled wine (David Love) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Thu, 24 Jun 2010 09:54:56 -0500 > From: Paul T Williams <pwilliams4 at unlnotes.unl.edu> > To: pianotech at ptg.org > Subject: [pianotech] Newsletters OT sort of... > Message-ID: > <OF8888CAE9.A2F202A8-ON8625774C.0051B3DE-8625774C.0051EEC5 at unl.edu> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > Hi guys and gals, > > Just curious as to what all your chapters call their monthly > newsletters? > Ours is "The Action" and my old chapter in Seattle was "The Tuner's > Beat". > I was daydreaming up possible names while pushing some pianos around > this > morning here at school. > > Enjoy the day. > Paul > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20100624/e0e18aaf/attachment-0001.htm > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Thu, 24 Jun 2010 10:36:17 -0500 > From: paul bruesch <paul at bruesch.net> > To: pianotech at ptg.org > Subject: Re: [pianotech] Newsletters OT sort of... > Message-ID: > <AANLkTilglgVuEItmK2xSdoIgI-XBr54BOOwO1u7CjMZi at mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > Paul, > Twin Cities has "Soundboard Buttons" > Paul > > On Thu, Jun 24, 2010 at 9:54 AM, Paul T Williams < > pwilliams4 at unlnotes.unl.edu> wrote: > >> Hi guys and gals, >> >> Just curious as to what all your chapters call their monthly >> newsletters? >> Ours is "The Action" and my old chapter in Seattle was "The Tuner's >> Beat". >> I was daydreaming up possible names while pushing some pianos >> around this >> morning here at school. >> >> Enjoy the day. >> Paul >> > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20100624/1b059116/attachment-0001.htm > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Thu, 24 Jun 2010 12:12:20 -0400 > From: Marcel Carey <mcpianos at hotmail.com> > To: Pianotech List <pianotech at ptg.org> > Subject: Re: [pianotech] Spilled wine > Message-ID: <SNT103-W26563EBA5F6572E0748116CBC60 at phx.gbl> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > > I've had to cleanup this kind of mess a few years ago. I removed the > strings and used alcool or acetone to remove the stains. You might > as well remove the bridge pins and re-install them with ca or epoxy. > I suspect the string contact with the pins must have some kind of > sugar left behind. > > > Marcel Carey, > > Sherbrooke, QC > >> From: joespiano at gmail.com >> To: pianotech at ptg.org >> Date: Thu, 24 Jun 2010 09:30:20 -0400 >> Subject: [pianotech] Spilled wine >> >> Dear list, >> I service a Bechstein B, housed in the Consulate General of Germany >> residence in New York City that has a wine stain on the treble >> bridge, >> where John Negroponte spilled his drink a few years ago. Of course, >> it looks bad, but the tone is poorer now for this libation. It is a >> bare wood bridge cap. I am hoping someone out there might have an >> idea as to how to treat the cleaning. My concern is that the shape >> of >> the bridge cap will change or be negatively affected by the cleaning >> process. I am not sure which is an appropriate method- removing with >> some sort of solution, or sanding, or both? >> >> Any ideas that might help restore our image in the eyes of German >> public? >> >> Joe Wiencek >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> > > _________________________________________________________________ > MSN Rencontres: Faites une rencontre sp?ciale cette ann?e. > http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9734394 > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20100624/085f44b1/attachment-0001.htm > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Thu, 24 Jun 2010 12:18:12 EDT > From: PAULREVENKOJONES at aol.com > To: pianotech at ptg.org > Subject: Re: [pianotech] Desperate measures!!! > Message-ID: <12310.6d6520ab.3954df44 at aol.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > > > In a message dated 6/24/2010 7:33:09 A.M. Central Daylight Time, > mfarrel2 at tampabay.rr.com writes: > > Hey Alan...... I agree with the responses so far. That being said, > I've > used Protek CLP with surprising results. Before everyone jumps on > me, I am > making no claims that lube is a good solution, but only that I've > had it > work for a few years at least a couple of times. If I were to try > it, I would > give the owner a long lecture reciting all that's been pointed out. > I'd > tell them that Protek has less than a 50/50 chance that it will > work even for > a short period. But the one thing good about it is that it is fast > and > cheap - and MAYBE it will make the thing work for SOME period of > time. > > > Terry Farrell > > > Second this. > > Paul > > > > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20100624/1cfa0a5b/attachment-0001.htm > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 5 > Date: Thu, 24 Jun 2010 12:20:12 EDT > From: PAULREVENKOJONES at aol.com > To: pianotech at ptg.org > Subject: Re: [pianotech] Newsletters OT sort of... > Message-ID: <12575.5ff5ebf6.3954dfbc at aol.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > Here in Chicago, the Chicago Chapter (not the Nawth Shaw chapter, > please) > newsletter is called the Wippenpost. > > Paul > > > In a message dated 6/24/2010 9:55:14 A.M. Central Daylight Time, > pwilliams4 at unlnotes.unl.edu writes: > > Hi guys and gals, > > Just curious as to what all your chapters call their monthly > newsletters? > Ours is "The Action" and my old chapter in Seattle was "The Tuner's > Beat". > I was daydreaming up possible names while pushing some pianos > around this > morning here at school. > > Enjoy the day. > Paul > > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20100624/6065134e/attachment-0001.htm > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 6 > Date: Thu, 24 Jun 2010 12:21:59 EDT > From: PAULREVENKOJONES at aol.com > To: pianotech at ptg.org > Subject: Re: [pianotech] OT - Pool > Message-ID: <127b4.454df15f.3954e027 at aol.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > > > In a message dated 6/24/2010 7:06:46 A.M. Central Daylight Time, > mfarrel2 at tampabay.rr.com writes: > > No, but if you like you can borrow the plastic wading pool my black > lab > uses > to cool off so long as you don't mind algae. > Rob > And dog hair in your bathing suit. :-) > > P > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20100624/9a83d020/attachment-0001.htm > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 7 > Date: Thu, 24 Jun 2010 10:34:59 -0600 > From: John Ross <jrpiano at eastlink.ca> > To: pianotech at ptg.org > Subject: Re: [pianotech] SAP in Poland > Message-ID: <fba1a7c338a9.4c2334d3 at eastlink.ca> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20100624/98617ad0/attachment-0001.htm > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 8 > Date: Thu, 24 Jun 2010 11:43:21 -0500 > From: Andrew Anderson <anrebe at gmail.com> > To: jrpiano at win.eastlink.ca, pianotech at ptg.org > Subject: Re: [pianotech] SAP in Poland > Message-ID: <FEFBC551-ECC8-4CEB-B0A4-2D8A5D81388E at gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; Format="flowed"; > DelSp="yes" > > If you are interested in selling Steinways to Poland or buying rebuilt > European pianos from Poland you might want to contact Vienna > International in Washington state as they do business with and for > these people. I've seen the work on a Bosendorfer and on a Steinway. > Typical "cost-effective" renewal of pianos such as you might get from > SAMA. Of-course they get more European makes to work on. > > The pianos I tuned for a road-show were in good regulation and > decently refinished. Not the same as brand-new pianos from those > makers but for the price, real contenders. > > Andrew Anderson > > > On Jun 24, 2010, at 11:34 AM, John Ross wrote: > >> >> Why would you even care? >> I don't imagine that anyone would even consider doing business with >> them. >> Transportation costs, customs, just a couple of things that come to >> mind. >> John Ross. >> P.S. 100F, and it is just 0930 in Nevada. But it is a dry heat. LOL >> On 06/23/10, Terry Farrell <mfarrel2 at tampabay.rr.com> wrote: >>> No, I haven't received a letter from them. Why would you not think >>> it is real, and why would you think it might be a scam - what sort >>> of scam? I presume there are people who play piano in Poland - >>> perhaps even people who service and rebuild them..... >>> >>> >>> Wasn't there a guy who used to play piano - Chopin? >>> >>> Terry Farrell >>> >>> On Jun 23, 2010, at 2:39 PM, Bruce Gibson Piano Technician wrote: >>> >>>> Hi Everyone, >>>> >>>> >>>> Have any of you received a promotion letter from SAP in Poland? >>>> >>>> >>>> Is this for real, or is this some sort of scam? >>>> >>>> >>>> Cheers, >>>> >>>> >>>> Bruce >>>> Saskatoon, CANADA >>> >> >> >> -- >> John Ross >> Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada > > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20100624/3968045d/attachment-0001.htm > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 9 > Date: Thu, 24 Jun 2010 12:02:01 -0500 > From: "Mike Kurta" <mkurta1 at comcast.net> > To: <pianotech at ptg.org> > Subject: Re: [pianotech] Newsletters OT sort of... > Message-ID: <2C8DE54AD69C4E73A4DCD027067695A4 at HPa600N> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > N. Michigan's newsletter is "Capstans Courageous" Chicago's is > The Wippenpost, N. Shore's is The Partial Post, Syracuse's is The > Pitch. > Mike Kurta > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20100624/f4ac70a6/attachment-0001.htm > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 10 > Date: Thu, 24 Jun 2010 12:53:11 -0400 > From: "Ruth Phillips" <ruth at alliedpiano.com> > To: <pianotech at ptg.org> > Subject: [pianotech] Estonia finish > Message-ID: <002101cb13bd$bce9b290$36bd17b0$@com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > > >> Date: Thu, 24 Jun 2010 07:14:41 -0500 >> From: "Mike Kurta" <mkurta1 at comcast.net> > > >> From the polyester finishing classes from Ruth Phillips: File off a > bit > of the finish from a hidden spot. If the filings are clear and > transparent, > > it is poly. If they are colored and match the color of the piano it > is not. > > FWIW > Mike Kurta > > Mike, list, > This is how rumors get started! > What we do is check for finishes that will dissolve vs. those that > don't, > with an acetone test in a hidden spot. > If the finish doesn't react, it isn't lacquer. > Then we sand the same tiny spot with 1000 grit. White sanding dust > is from > polyester. > Incidentally, there is a non-rubbed polyester satin finish used on > many > ebony > pianos now, including Estonia. We matched this in Germany and have > it in an > aerosol. > > On my way to LV today! Hope to see you in class. > Safe travels everyone, > Ruth > > ruth at alliedpiano.com > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 11 > Date: Thu, 24 Jun 2010 10:57:02 -0700 > From: "David Love" <davidlovepianos at comcast.net> > To: <pianotech at ptg.org> > Subject: Re: [pianotech] Spilled wine > Message-ID: <000001cb13c6$a67c56d0$f3750470$@net> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > The liquid spilled on the bridge may also have expanded the wood > around the > bridge pin and changed the bridge pin/bridge top notch edge > interface. If > you are going to remove the pins you might want to consider > recutting the > notch on the speaking side. > > > > David Love > > www.davidlovepianos.com > > > > From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] > On Behalf > Of Marcel Carey > Sent: Thursday, June 24, 2010 9:12 AM > To: Pianotech List > Subject: Re: [pianotech] Spilled wine > > > > I've had to cleanup this kind of mess a few years ago. I removed the > strings > and used alcool or acetone to remove the stains. You might as well > remove > the bridge pins and re-install them with ca or epoxy. I suspect the > string > contact with the pins must have some kind of sugar left behind. > > > Marcel Carey, > > Sherbrooke, QC > >> From: joespiano at gmail.com >> To: pianotech at ptg.org >> Date: Thu, 24 Jun 2010 09:30:20 -0400 >> Subject: [pianotech] Spilled wine >> >> Dear list, >> I service a Bechstein B, housed in the Consulate General of Germany >> residence in New York City that has a wine stain on the treble >> bridge, >> where John Negroponte spilled his drink a few years ago. Of course, >> it looks bad, but the tone is poorer now for this libation. It is a >> bare wood bridge cap. I am hoping someone out there might have an >> idea as to how to treat the cleaning. My concern is that the shape of >> the bridge cap will change or be negatively affected by the cleaning >> process. I am not sure which is an appropriate method- removing with >> some sort of solution, or sanding, or both? >> >> Any ideas that might help restore our image in the eyes of German >> public? >> >> Joe Wiencek >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> > > _____ > > Courez la chance de voir la photo de votre coin de pays sur Bing.ca > Soumettez une <http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9734389> photo > maintenant! > > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20100624/bb2babe0/attachment.htm > > > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > pianotech mailing list > pianotech at ptg.org > http://ptg.org/mailman/listinfo/pianotech > > > End of pianotech Digest, Vol 20, Issue 90 > ***************************************** Joe Wiencek
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