Shawn Is the customer complaining about the dead bass strings, or are you pointing them out to him? If he is complaining, try?turning one or two of the strings, and see if that changes the tone. Although the recording industry is suffering, like the rest of us, is he going to be satisfied with the sound of the bass strings, even after you've turned them. ?He might have to bite the bullet, and get a new set, just so that he can use the piano on the recordings. 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 at ptg.org Sent: Mon, 1 Dec 2008 9:52 am Subject: Re: [pianotech] cleaning/restoring tone of bass strings Hi Alan, ? its definitely the strings.? I would hate to go through the trouble of restringing the thing.? Well...? Actually I wouldn't be the one who would hate it, the client would be.? The recording studios are suffering or so that's what they tell me.? I'm sure he won't go for a new set of bass strings at least not in the next few months.? ? Shawn Brock, RPT 513-316-0563 www.shawnbrock.com ----- Original Message ----- From: reggaepass at aol.com To: pianotech at ptg.org Sent: Monday, December 01, 2008 2:16 PM Subject: Re: [pianotech] cleaning/restoring tone of bass strings Hi Shawn, Are you certain that the problem is with the strings themselves? Alan Eder -----Original Message----- From: Shawn Brock <shawnbrock at fuse.net> To: Pianotech List <pianotech at ptg.org> Sent: Mon, 1 Dec 2008 8:42 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 Tis the season to save your money! Get the new AOL Holiday Toolbar for money saving offers and gift ideas. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech_ptg.org/attachments/20081201/a532da87/attachment-0001.html>
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