[CAUT] Wurzen felt

[Leslie Bartlett]

Well, I've heard some ladies called "baby
factories"............................................

-----Original Message-----
From: caut-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces@ptg.org]On Behalf Of Ed
Sutton
Sent: Monday, July 25, 2005 3:33 PM
To: College and University Technicians
Subject: Re: [CAUT] Wurzen felt


Excuse me:
If all pianos are male, where do new pianos come from?
Ed S.


> [Original Message]
> From: michelle stranges <stranges@Oswego.EDU>
> To: College and University Technicians <caut@ptg.org>
> Date: 7/25/2005 3:01:32 PM
> 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
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