Adding a little shine

[gordon stelter]

Sounds great!
     But would there not be a significant risk of
loosening a winding, especially on the smaller
diameters?
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--- Robert Goodale <rrg@unlv.edu> wrote:
> Wow- major successful experiment today.  Have you
> ever had a half way decent old piano that you wanted
> to put a little polish on?  You know, make it look
> good for a potential buyer.  Some of this is easy. 
> Touch up the case, vacuum it real good, clean the
> sound board, clean up the keys.  Maybe the piano
> sounds and plays nice after some hammer reshaping
> and regulation, but AUGH!!  Those dirty bass strings
> look horrible!  You will never get a decent price
> out of this thing no matter how good it sounds and
> plays.  No fear...
> 
> Today I tried something different.  I used a Dremel
> tool with a wire brush,  (one of those little round
> ones).  I put the machine on a slow speed and headed
> for the bass strings.  With little effort the old
> copper glowed like new again!  I'm not kidding, like
> a new set of bass strings!  Of course you can't get
> to the bottom side very easily and the procedure
> won't cure a set of dead strings, but as for
> cosmetic enhancement this is the ticket!
> 
> Rob Goodale, RPT
> Las Vegas, NV
> 


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