Light & Lovely Voicing (by Revlon)

[Horace Greeley]

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Hmmmm - 

A sodden thought percolates close enough to the surface to be dangerous...
to wit:

I think that Denny Burger used to address this problem by carrying the
collodion/ether combination
he used (on Bose.) in small, brown, chemical bottles...about 2 oz. each., with
a "sufficient"
number based on what he thought he might need. I liked the idea, so blatantly
stole it, and have
never had trouble at airports since.

Since I really do not like the sound of keytop, I would use shellac or lacquer,
either of which
_can_ (clearly, with varying results) be thinned with acetone.

Local chemical supply houses carry this kind of thing.

Best.

Horace



At 10:20 AM 3/8/99 -0700, you wrote: 
>
> Don't you think it would more likely be the bass strings, Ron?  I concur with
> the others who said to get the acetone after arrival.
>
> At 01:09 PM 3/7/99 -0500, you wrote:
> > He'll be performing on a
> >new Yamaha (170cm - G2?) that he's been told has fairly dead-sounding bass
> hammers.
>
> >so my friend is faced with either performing on the piano with the dull
> >hammers, cancelling the concert or doing a bit of tech-ing for himself. 
> >Anyway, I've been showing him the finer points of touch-up voicing (using
> keytop/acetone
> >solution)
> >The problem we're up against is how to transport keytop solution without
> risking spilling
> >the stuff.
> >
>
> >If anyone has any bright ideas on how one might safely (and legally)
> transport keytop on
> >an airline, I'm all ears. It looks like I'll have to put together a "first
> aid kit" of
> >sorts for my friend.
> >--
> >Ron Torrella, RPT
> >Piano Technician
> >University of Michigan             "Dese are de conditions dat prevail."
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> > 
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