Hi Jeannie, Burnt Shellac has worked for me. Regards Roger At 09:53 PM 3/9/2006, you wrote: >I had a problem keep a length of brass half round in place. Im interested >in knowing what people use to make sure it doesnt move. It was a longer >piece that extended the entire treble area. It was a slippery little >thing that moved when the tension was brought up to pitch. > >jeannie > > > >Jeannie Grassi, RPT >Registered Piano Technician >Island Piano Service >Bainbridge Island, WA >206-842-3721 ><mailto:jcgrassi at earthlink.net>mailto:jcgrassi at earthlink.net > > >---------- >From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On >Behalf Of Barbara Richmond >Sent: Thursday, March 09, 2006 1:40 PM >To: Pianotech List >Subject: Re: v-bar/capo repair > >Hi David, > >When experimenting duplex length with brass half or oval round, would you, >in this case, place anything on the bottom of the brass to avoid >scratching the plate? Or isn't it a problem? > >Thanks, > >Barbara Richmond >----- Original Message ----- >From: <mailto:davidlovepianos at comcast.net>David Love >To: <mailto:pianotech at ptg.org>'Pianotech List' >Sent: Tuesday, February 28, 2006 10:25 PM >Subject: RE: v-bar/capo repair > >Like Ron N. says, I think its likely it has to do with the front duplex >and you may be able to shorten, detune and increase the deflection angle >by inserting some brass of appropriate dimensionat least you can >experiment. If it turns out that thats the problem, its not that big a >deal to remove the strings from one section and insert the new >counterbearing piece and then replace the strings (the same ones you took >off). Unhook them from the tuning pins slip in the brass or whatever and >then reattachif that proves to be the problem. I get brass of varying >sizes from <http://www.rjleahy.com/>www.rjleahy.com. They will cut to a >reasonable shipping size. I dont know the configuration of this piano >but maybe you can send pictures and some suggestions could be made by >various people, Im sure. If the noise disappeared originally by muting >the front duplex, it is likely that there is leakage occurring and thats >what you should address. Shortening the section and increasing the >deflection can do that. You do want to be sure that the angle and >deflection work together. The longer the duplex the greater the >deflection angle. Similarly, a shorter duplex requires smaller angle. > > >David Love >davidlovepianos at comcast.net > >_______________________________________________ >Pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20060309/aa52722b/attachment.html
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