:D --On Tuesday, July 26, 2005 1:44 PM -0400 Paul Kupelian <pkupeli1@twcny.rr.com> wrote: > 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 >> >> _______________________________________________ >> >> 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 > > > > _______________________________________________ > caut list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives > > _______________________________________________ > caut list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives
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