Smoke machine deposits

[gordon stelter]

P.S. When I posted the previous message, I did know it
was a Steinway "D" we were talking about, though it
still probably wouldn't matter as long as you pulled
the action. How about "Pressure-Fit" tuning pin
covers, like oddly shaped Plexiglass boxes with closed
cell neoprene perimeter gaskets, to fit in the tining
pin recesses and keep crud out? 
     Or build a climate-controlled shed for the piano.
     Gordon Stelter
 
--- gordon stelter <lclgcnp@yahoo.com> wrote:
> If you could get the thing outside I suppose you
> could
> blast it with naptha in a spray gun, (WEAR MASK AND
> GLOVES!!!) which, with the help of a stiff brush
> assortment ( like a round parts cleaning brush from
> an
> auto parts store ) should clean out the crud without
> dissolving paint, lacquer, etc.. Better still, just
> pray for the day when people go to hear actual MUSIC
> again, not theatrical shenanigans used to disguise
> musical mediocrity!
>      Thump
> 
> --- Wimblees@aol.com wrote:
> > In a message dated 10/9/02 6:21:01 PM Central
> > Daylight Time, 
> > drjazzca@yahoo.ca writes:
> > 
> > 
> > > Lots of pop shows in this hall, lots of smoke
> > machine.
> > > Windex takes it off.
> > > 
> > > The strings/pins appear to be building deposits.
> > > Smoke machines I am told "use an oil base" 
> > > 
> > >   Any advice on string cleaning, avoiding
> damage?
> > >   Anyone devised a cover to seal just the tuning
> > pin
> > > area to reduce pin & pinblock exposure?
> > > Any related stories to tell?
> > > 
> > >                           Cheers
> > >                           Dave Renaud
> > >                           
> > 
> > Dave
> > 
> > One thing to remember, if you see oil and crud on
> > the strings, then that same 
> > stuff is in between the winding on the pins, in
> the
> > felt under the strings, 
> > in the agraffs, where the strings meet the bridge
> > pins, and around the hitch 
> > pins. There is no way the stuff can be removed
> from
> > those area. And those are 
> > the places that cause the most problems, if not
> with
> > string breakage, then 
> > with buzzes, and noises. Cleaning the speaking
> > length of the strings only 
> > make the strings look good. It does nothing to
> make
> > it sound good. 
> > 
> > Unless the piano can be hermetically sealed during
> > the show, there is no way 
> > to keep the "smoke" off the strings. 
> > 
> > Sounds like a complete restringing job to me. 
> > 
> > Wim 
> > 
> 
> 
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