[CAUT] Wurzen felt

[Ed Sutton]

I'm beginning to understand.
The grand reproducer I saw had a discrete piece of canvas stretched over
the bulge hanging below its...I suppose I mean "her" belly.  At least I had
the decency to recommend a specialist.
Since so much of our lives is spent with pianos, it is good that we should
finally get to this.
Ed S.


> [Original Message]
> From: Leslie Bartlett <l-bartlett@sbcglobal.net>
> To: College and University Technicians <caut@ptg.org>
> Date: 7/26/2005 4:07:31 PM
> Subject: RE: [CAUT] Wurzen felt
>
> Thank you for that erudite bit of understanding. It is "of course", but
only
> to those who know. I've seen two reproducers............. I think I'll
just
> stop there.......
> les b
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: caut-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces@ptg.org]On Behalf Of
> Paul Kupelian
> Sent: Tuesday, July 26, 2005 12:45 PM
> To: ed440@mindspring.com; 'College and University Technicians'
> Subject: RE: [CAUT] Wurzen felt
>
>
> Why Reproducers of course!!!!
> Paul
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: caut-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces@ptg.org] On Behalf Of Ed
> Sutton
> Sent: Monday, July 25, 2005 4:33 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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