Or just recap? If the tone is bad, is there a soundboard problem? A stain is only cosmetic. Terry Farrell On Jun 24, 2010, at 12:12 PM, Marcel Carey wrote: > I've had to cleanup this kind of mess a few years ago. I removed the > strings and used alcool or acetone to remove the stains. You might > as well remove the bridge pins and re-install them with ca or epoxy. > I suspect the string contact with the pins must have some kind of > sugar left behind. > > > Marcel Carey, > > Sherbrooke, QC > > > From: joespiano at gmail.com > > To: pianotech at ptg.org > > Date: Thu, 24 Jun 2010 09:30:20 -0400 > > Subject: [pianotech] Spilled wine > > > > Dear list, > > I service a Bechstein B, housed in the Consulate General of Germany > > residence in New York City that has a wine stain on the treble > bridge, > > where John Negroponte spilled his drink a few years ago. Of course, > > it looks bad, but the tone is poorer now for this libation. It is a > > bare wood bridge cap. I am hoping someone out there might have an > > idea as to how to treat the cleaning. My concern is that the shape > of > > the bridge cap will change or be negatively affected by the cleaning > > process. I am not sure which is an appropriate method- removing with > > some sort of solution, or sanding, or both? > > > > Any ideas that might help restore our image in the eyes of German > > public? > > > > Joe Wiencek > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Courez la chance de voir la photo de votre coin de pays sur Bing.ca > Soumettez une photo maintenant! -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20100624/2dd104ec/attachment-0001.htm>
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