Hi, Gordon, Sealing keysticks used to be part of the process known as "tropicalizing"...I have seen it on any number of older instruments - so, carefully done, what problems can it cause? Best. Horace At 03:45 PM 2/27/2006, you wrote: > A few years ago I got a bunch of folks upset >here by saying I was going to lacquer the keysticks on >a piano I was doing for a church. Besides sealing in >residual odors, I saw this as a way to keep slime, >from dirty fingers, from soaking into the wood on the >white key sides. It worked beautifully ( wipes right >off ) so now I am thinking of doing it again, but this >time on a Steinway grand that was in a hippie commune >and really, really stinks. ( Cigarettes and pets, >mostly. ) I'll do everything I can to get rid of the >odor such as sanding the wood, ozonating them in a >sealed box, etc., but I suspect they'll still be >stinky, so I want to lacquer them. Does anyone here >have a good mechanical reason why I oughtn't. > Thanks! > G > >P.S. It's also a nice way to seal the leads, so they >oxidize less and are inhaled as dust, less. > > > > >__________________________________________________ >Do You Yahoo!? >Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around >http://mail.yahoo.com >_______________________________________________ >Pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives
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