[pianotech] cleaning/restoring tone of bass strings

[Shawn Brock]

Paul,

thanks for your thoughts.  I know how to make a paper pattern but thanks for the link.  Maybe people are misunderstanding me, we only have about 4 strings that are dead.  For this I will not put on a set of bass strings.  Maybe others would but I can appreciate the situation this fellow is in.  After all I was in the recording business for a while myself.  The "oh lets put on new bass strings, regulate, install new hammers, bla bla bla don't work for some of these guys.  You feed them that and they just say "I'll get a digital."  I wish he would get all the work at once, but I know he won't.  Thanks again for your thoughts man.  

Regards,
Shawn Brock, RPT
513-316-0563
www.shawnbrock.com
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: paul bruesch 
  To: pianotech at ptg.org 
  Sent: Monday, December 01, 2008 4:58 PM
  Subject: Re: [pianotech] cleaning/restoring tone of bass strings


  John Delacour just posted a link to his instructions for making a rubbing...
  http://pianomaker.co.uk/rubbing.html


  I'd think that if your client is using this piano for recordings, he'd want to replace the strings sooner than later, even if it's not for a few months (after the profits from the Winter Holiday Music recordings start rolling in.)


  Paul Bruesch
  Stillwater, MN


  On Mon, Dec 1, 2008 at 12:53 PM, <wimblees at aol.com> wrote:

    Shawn

    No matter what you do to the one or two of the bass strings, they are not going to sound like the rest of them. If this guy is going to use the piano for recording, I would suggest a whole new set of bass strings. Contact Jim Arledge on how to make a pattern, so the owner of the piano will not be without the use of the piano for more than a day or two. 


    Willem (Wim) Blees, RPT
    Piano Tuner/Technician
    Mililani, Oahu, HI
    808-349-2943
    Author of: 
    The Business of Piano Tuning
    available from Potter Press
    www.pianotuning.com


    -----Original Message-----
    From: Shawn Brock <shawnbrock at fuse.net>

    To: Pianotech List <pianotech at ptg.org>

    Sent: Mon, 1 Dec 2008 6:42 am
    Subject: [pianotech] cleaning/restoring tone of bass strings


    List,

    I know we had an insightful article in the Journal some time back about restoring tone to bass strings.  Apparently some of my copies of the PTJ were lost in my move back to Cincinnati, so I don't have what I need when I need it.  The problem strings are just a few bychords and the piano is an old Smith and Nickson art case.  The fellow who bought it got a heck of a deal and it don't need a lot of work.  We have to take care of these bass strings though.  He will be using it in a professional recording studio and tubby bass notes just won't do.  So other than the obvious turn and role what would any of you recommend?  

    Regards,
    Shawn Brock, RPT
    513-316-0563
    www.shawnbrock.com


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