This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment Tropicalized pianos mean they will stand humid climate, may be they need to be spilled with water to keep their properties, and the coffee was an attempt to add moisture (the guy was in a hurry and did not have other liquid). ;>) sorry . I doubt the board suffer really from that, but for hammers, and strings that's another thing. Nice that the tone is yet good. Regards. Isaac O -----Message d'origine----- De : pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org]De la part de Sarah Fox Envoyé : samedi 12 octobre 2002 06:17 À : pianotech@ptg.org Objet : Coffee spill in a tropicalized concert grand 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/23/f5/93/1e/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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