Anyone ever try a solvent in an ultrasonic cleaner? Hey, it's supposed to work for dentures and jewelry .... Alan Barnard Salem, MO Original message From: "David Andersen" To: "Pianotech List" Received: 6/28/2007 12:26:29 PM Subject: Re: Why NOT to polish bass strings....... On Jun 28, 2007, at 8:50 AM, reggaepass at aol.com wrote: P. S. Replacing the bass strings was expensive. The upside to this tale is that we decided to restring the entire instrument (which I had never done on a piano this "young"). The only thing we did while the strings were off was to spend a few minutes polishing the capo bar. WOW, what a difference for the better that made! Who would have thunk it? Not me, at least not prior to that experience. ae Tha capo area tone can undergo a radical positive change with proper profiling and polishing; many times we just restring the capo area (the top two treble sections) on a performance piano---and "V-out" the capo bar---file it to make the termination area narrower---and then polish it to make sure the string cuts in the soft metal are gone. Lift, level, and stabilize the new strings, and the piano sings in the money area---the Holy Grail of every good player. David "Always an Apprentice" Andersen -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20070628/12729c48/attachment.html
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