I carry one brass bristled brush and two different 'strengths' of steel (one a bit stiffer than the other). That gives me some lattitude in dealing with differing hammer conditions. Dittos on it's being a crowd pleaser. It can make the difference between just 'tuning' the piano and making it sound beautiful again. Robin ----- Original Message ----- From: David ilvedson <ilvey@jps.net> To: <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: Saturday, May 22, 1999 11:02 AM Subject: Re: "I" Bridge >My bristles are plastic but firm and short. I haven't tried brass >as I would have thought it would remove TOO much of the high >end but I'll give it a try. > >David Ilvedson > >Date sent: Sat, 22 May 1999 00:39:37 -0500 (CDT) >To: pianotech@ptg.org >From: Ron Nossaman <nossaman@southwind.net> >Subject: Re: "I" Bridge >Send reply to: pianotech@ptg.org > >> >> >I use a vegetable cleaning brush with bristles. Does your >> > voicing scrubber have bristles? >> > >> >David Ilvedson >> > >> >> Yep, brass. It cleans the crud out of the string cuts and raises the "nap" >> of the felt enough to eliminate a lot of the high painful partials. Raises a >> heck of a dust cloud in use, but it's about the cheapest magic I know, and >> the best $.69 I ever spent. You can make over $200 an hour for about five >> minutes brushing a set of hammers, and make $150 worth of difference in the >> sound for a few bucks worth of your time. A real crowd pleaser. A suede >> brush works very well too, but this old scrubber has a long handle so I >> don't take knuckles off (mine) on the pressure bar screws in verticals. I >> have no idea if they are still available, or what they cost by now. >> >> Ron >> >> > > >David Ilvedson, RPT >Pacifica, CA >ilvey@jps.net
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