I have a grand which is rather annoyingly hermaphroditic, with its gracefully curved legs and pedal assembly, but bulky, masculine body. I finally couldn't take it anymore, and installed straight legs and pedal assembly, but there's still something different about it. I'm not sure how to classify it -- could it be a transsexual piano manifesting as male? I'm beginning to think we really ought to be paid more for what we do. :-( JeffO ----- Original Message ----- From: "michelle stranges" <stranges@Oswego.EDU> To: "College and University Technicians" <caut@ptg.org> Sent: Monday, July 25, 2005 11:50 AM 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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