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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Thumpmeister ,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial> The man has returned!
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>How about a bit of shameless marketing with that
felt cutter? Show it off and post a price. This is your target market
group.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial> Best
wishes,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial> Tom Driscoll </FONT></DIV>
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style="FONT: 10pt arial; BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=lclgcnp@yahoo.com href="mailto:lclgcnp@yahoo.com">Euphonious
Thumpe</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=joegarrett@earthlink.net
href="mailto:joegarrett@earthlink.net">joegarrett@earthlink.net</A> ; <A
title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, May 09, 2012 8:08
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [pianotech] Thumpe returns...
and the shellac on old plates.....</DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN>To Most Esteemed High Captain of Tool Police, De-Luxe:</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN> Hast been off-list for 2.5 years because yahoo started
bouncing these posts ( probably because I had about 50,000 emails backed up in
my inbox) and then the Pianotech server apparently got fed up and evicted me.
But after I cleared my inbox, repeated entreaties to be put back
were ignored. ( Because of some personal animosity on the part of the
then-moderator?) But I tried again last week and......VOILA! Glad to be
back!!! ( And a super-extra-special-big-thanx to whomever it is who let me
rejoin! THANK YOU!!!) </SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN> On to bizness: dab some denatured alcohol
on an old plate and see what happens. (Only shellac melts with it, as I'm sure
you know.) Actually, I never did this; but surmised it was shellac because I
use "Purple Power" (diluted) to clean old plates. ("Super-Clean" clone--- but
without the lye in it "Super-Clean" now apparently has, that leaves
a stink behind ---- consider yourself warned!) And noticed that what came
off LOOKED like old shellac. (Dark orange- brown stuff, leaving the plate
bright-and-shiny gold colored.) I've also used such cleaners on old shellac,
and they do, in fact, dissolve it. (But leave a tinge because of the
purple dye in them, if used on wood. So am about to try some stuff---
"Spray-66" has been recommended --- from a restuarant supply store, because it
has far less dye.) In light concentrations, these concentrated soaps will just
clean the dirt off old plates. Slightly heavier, they will remove the
dirt and some of the shellac. Full strength, they will take everything
off right on down to the black "Japaning". ( Which I believe is a form of
coal-tar emulsion, or asphalt.) I also have a very intelligent acquaintance
who agrees with me completely about shellac having been used as the vehicle
for the bronzing, after coming to the same conclusion indepoendently. (
And shellac does not get brittle for weeks after applying.) He says he has had
great results by attempting to replicate this plate-finishing method,
but I'd like to find a "modern" substitute that works as well. (So I'm
now off to read the last week's posts. Aaaaaaaaaaaaahhh!) </SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN>Much Peace,</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV>Euphonious Thumpe</DIV>
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<DIV>P.S. (By the Grace of God) I've devised a felt cutter that is
super-accurate (to thousandths), quick ( I can cut a set of backchecks from a
strip in about 3 minutes) and uses replaceable blades. I may start
producing and selling them, or do it through collaboration with one of
the supply houses. </DIV>
<DIV>P.P.S In my small, low production, one-man shop, I've generally used
Pianotek's spray cans for plate "gilding", but have found DEFT in spray cans
to be by far the best top coat to use, because it does not disturb the
bronzing anywhere nearly as much as all the other top-coats I've
tried.<BR></DIV>
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style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">From:</SPAN></B> Joseph Garrett
<joegarrett@earthlink.net><BR><B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN></B> pianotech <pianotech@ptg.org>
<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> Wednesday, May 9, 2012
4:04 PM<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B> Re:
[pianotech] Plate refinishing<BR></FONT></DIV><BR>The Thumper(!) said:
<BR>"Plates were originally finished with shellac as the base ( with
bronze<BR>powder in it) which takes a?long time to become brittle. Hence no
chipping."<BR>Euphonious Thumpe<BR><BR>Thumper! <BR>Where hast thou been??
<G> Now to the subject: Where prey tell did you get<BR>that bit of bull
pucky?<BR>Regards,<BR>Joe aka Curmudgeon<BR>Joe Garrett, R.P.T.<BR>Captain of
the Tool Police<BR>Squares R
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