"Loss of Tone" Complaint

[jolly roger]

I have 2 well trained mice. <G>  I fold it in half and push it between the
strings with a credit card, kind of like inserting a temp strip, then just
slide it back and forth.  But you can lightly burnish gross strings with a
hook.   Smart A-- .
RJ


At 09:47 AM 9/1/01 -0400, you wrote:
>What kind of an arrangement/tool do you use to apply pressure on the 3M pad
>to the string underside? Something like a stringing hook? Wrap the pad
>around one string and shoeshine? Some ingenious custom tool? Do you have
>teeny tiny little fingers? Thanks
>
>Terry Farrell
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "jolly roger" <baldyam@sk.sympatico.ca>
>To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
>Sent: Friday, August 31, 2001 10:31 PM
>Subject: Re: "Loss of Tone" Complaint
>
>
>> Hi Dan,
>>             Will do, thank's for the tip.  Another tip in exchange,  for
>> sharp grands, clean the strings, it's fast and it will often both clean up
>> some noises and drop the pitch close to tuning range.   I hate dropping
>pitch.
>> Roger.
>>
>>
>> At 09:05 PM 8/31/01 -0500, you wrote:
>> >Hey Roger,
>> >
>> >    Give the 'oxblood' colored 3M stuff a try. Its much more agressive
>than
>> >the white, and still gives a fair polish to the dirty ole' wire.
>> >
>> >Dan
>> >
>>
>