I've often wondered about this...I've never heard of pianos being referred to in the feminine. As in, "she's a fine ship". The local piano movers (three generations - been moving pianos since the horse and wagon era) would come in and say "where do you want him?" so I always figured they were masculine. Eric Eric Wolfley, RPT Supervising Piano Technician College-Conservatory of Music University of Cincinnati -----Original Message----- From: caut-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces@ptg.org] On Behalf Of michelle stranges Sent: Monday, July 25, 2005 2:51 PM To: College and University Technicians Subject: Re: [CAUT] Wurzen felt All pianos are male- so this hairspray nonsense must stop. :D (Great post, BTW..) --On Monday, July 25, 2005 11:42 AM -0700 Otto Keyes <okeyes@uidaho.edu> wrote: > David, > > You'll probably find that can of hairspray was merely lacquer in a diluted > form & a well-coiffed can. I wrote about using the "spray bomb method" on > this list 2-3 years ago, with an astoundingly silent response. You're the > first one to confess such nefarious experimentation -- and to publicly > admit that it really works! > > Great for emergency juicing jobs, but can be easily reversed. However, it > can give surprisingly satisfactory & long-lasting results, if desired. > > I use a spray lacquer (like Deft), and acetone as a chaser on the crown to > keep it from developing a nasty zing from the crust. I suspect that the > hairspray was dilute enough to achieve the same results. The thing I like > about the acetone is the fact that it flashes off so fast that you pretty > much know what you have within a matter of minutes. However, your method > was not only Suave, but it was also cheap -- may have to try it next time. > > Otto > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Porritt, David" <dporritt@mail.smu.edu> > To: <caut@ptg.org> > Sent: Sunday, July 24, 2005 2:26 PM > Subject: [CAUT] Wurzen felt > > >> We have a Steinbuhler 7/8 action for a "D" in our main recital hall. It > isn't used a lot, but it is used. A couple of weeks ago it was being used > for a master class and the Ronsen Wurzen hammers were just a little too > soft. The sound was really nice, but the treble didn't have enough higher > partials to be heard well over the bass. It sounded muddy in the hall. > The professor who uses it wanted some more zing! >> >> I'm not a big fan of over doping - particularly on really nice hammers. > As a first step I went to CVS pharmacy down the street and got a can of > 98-cent Suave Extra-hold hairspray. I covered everything but the hammers > with newspaper and sprayed all the hammers but more on the treble ones. > The next morning it sounded pretty good. The professor who prefers not > to fight a dull instrument was very happy with it so I quit meddling with > it. >> >> I have to admit I've never tried that before, but had read it somewhere > (this list?) and thought that was probably as benign a starting place as > any. I don't think it would have worked on less dense felt, but on the > Wurzens it really worked well. >> >> dp >> >> __________________________ >> David M. Porritt, RPT >> Meadows School of the Arts >> Southern Methodist University >> Dallas, TX 75275 >> dporritt@smu.edu >> _______________________________________________ >> caut list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives >> > > _______________________________________________ > caut list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives _______________________________________________ caut list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives
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