This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment Hello, list, I am a new subscriber. I've been getting valuable info from pianotech = for some time now, but I've only now had reason to subscribe. Thanks, = BTW, for all of your contributions. They have been a wonderful resource = to me. I just purchased a 1933 Wissner concert grand (clone of an S&S D), which = is in need of partial restoration. Among its strengths is a magnificent = sounding board with ample crown, no cracks, tight bridges and ribs, and = a deep, rich tone. The excellent condition of the sounding board is = rather amazing, considering that there were at least a couple of coffee = spills onto the treble end of the sounding board, splattering onto the = hammers, and that the coffee was not mopped up but rather left to dry = where it had pooled to probably about 1/4" deep! The coffee residue is = quite thick. Anyway, I noticed in a Wissner catalog (obtained from Ebay by the man = who sold me the piano) that Wissner pianos were tropicalized (I presume = including the model H, which is mine). I don't know much about = tropicalization methods. Might the sounding board have been treated in = such a way as to withstand moisture (e.g. spilled coffee)? Could = tropicalization also be responsible for the excellent preservation of = the sounding board through decades in which climate control might have = been lacking? More importantly, is there anything special I should = know about a tropicalized piano that might affect how I would best clean = the coffee residue from the sounding board??? I already checked the = "How to Clean Anything" book, but it didn't say how to clean clean = coffee from a tropicalized sounding board ;-) Thank you for your advice! Peace, Sarah Fox ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/86/fd/ac/64/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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