I knew there was some reason I liked you when I met you in Reno! I also played bassoon for quite a few years! Percussion & then voice were my "other" instruments. Besides piano, of course. :-) Avery At 10:48 AM 12/7/05, you wrote: >Rick Baldassin is a bass player. >I only made it as low as bassoon and bari sax! > >Jeannie Grassi, RPT >Assistant Editor, Piano Technicians Journal >mailto:jcgrassi@earthlink.net > > >-----Original Message----- >From: pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] On Behalf >Of reggaepass@aol.com >Sent: Wednesday, December 07, 2005 6:53 AM >To: pianotech@ptg.org >Subject: Re: Cleaning bass strings > >OK. So what percentage of piano technicians are now or ever have been >bass players, like Gerry, Geoff, myself, and several others I can think >of just off hand? What is it about bass playing piano technicians? > >Alan Eder, RPT > >-----Original Message----- >From: Geoff Sykes <thetuner@ivories52.com> >To: 'Pianotech' <pianotech@ptg.org> >Sent: Tue, 6 Dec 2005 12:14:04 -0800 >Subject: RE: Cleaning bass strings > > Weird is not the word. Although I too was once a bass player. But >now I'm a >piano tech, so I guess I'm used to weird. But I digress... I had a >electric >bass player in the studio once a number of years ago, high profile >session >player just out from New York, who insisted on replacing his strings >before >EVERY TAKE. He said he really liked that bright new sound, so after >every >take he would pull out a pair of dikes, cut off the "old" ones, (didn't >want >anyone pulling them out of the trash and actually using them again in >his >name as a souvenir), and then put an a set of brand new ones. > >-- Geoff Sykes >-- Assoc. Los Angeles > >-----Original Message----- > From: pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] On >Behalf >Of Gerald Forsburg >Sent: Tuesday, December 06, 2005 10:25 AM >To: 'Pianotech' >Subject: RE: Cleaning bass strings > > >LOL!!! I was a bass player for years. Never heard of this, but it >doesn't >surprise me. We bass players are a weird bunch. The only musicians >that >are weirder are the drummers. Beware, some bass player probably told >you he >boiled his strings on a bet with a drummer to see if you'd actually do >it - >pianists are generally found to be pretty gullible. <G> ;-) > >Gerry > >-----Original Message----- > From: pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] On >Behalf >Of John Dorr >Sent: Tuesday, December 06, 2005 9:48 AM >To: pianotech@ptg.org >Subject: Cleaning bass strings > >Hi all, > >I read somewhere about electric bass players who boil their strings when >they >get too grimy and they want to brighten up their tone. I wondered if >anyone > >had ever tried that on piano bass (wound) strings? I've also wondered >from >time to time if it would be possible to clean bass strings with >ultra-sound. > > Anybody know? > >I am aware of the technique of running an overhand loop up and down a >tubby-sounding string, and of giving the string a twist. I'd love to >hear >anybody else's tips on restoring at least some of the tone to old >strings. > Not all my customers can afford a re-stringing job. > >Thanks, >John > > > >_______________________________________________ >pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives >_______________________________________________ >pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives > >_______________________________________________ >pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives > > >_______________________________________________ >pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives > > >_______________________________________________ >pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives
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