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<DIV><SPAN class=340223508-12102002><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff =
size=2>I'd
try to wash the board with warm water and detergent, allowing the damp =
rag to
moist the coffee should help.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=340223508-12102002><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff =
size=2>May be
a vapor cleaner could help too , but a special tip have to be made to =
avoid
vapor to go everywhere, dry very fast after that.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=340223508-12102002><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff =
size=2>May be
spilling Coke will dissolve the coffee ;>)</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=340223508-12102002><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff =
size=2>Hopzathelp(s)</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=340223508-12102002><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff =
size=2>Isaac
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size=2>-----Message d'origine-----<BR><B>De :</B>
pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org]<B>De la =
part
de</B> Sarah Fox<BR><B>Envoyé :</B> samedi 12 octobre 2002
06:17<BR><B>À :</B> pianotech@ptg.org<BR><B>Objet :</B> =
Coffee spill
in a tropicalized concert grand<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hello, list,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I am a new subscriber. I've =
been getting
valuable info from pianotech for some time now, but I've only now had =
reason
to subscribe. Thanks, BTW, for all of your contributions. =
They
have been a wonderful resource to me.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I just purchased a 1933 Wissner =
concert grand
(clone of an S&S D), which is in need of partial =
restoration. Among
its strengths is a magnificent sounding board with ample crown, no =
cracks,
tight bridges and ribs, and a deep, rich tone. The excellent =
condition
of the sounding board is rather amazing, considering that there were =
at least
a couple of coffee spills onto the treble end of the sounding board,
splattering onto the hammers, and that the coffee was not mopped up =
but rather
left to dry where it had pooled to probably about 1/4" deep!
The coffee residue is quite thick.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Anyway, I noticed in a Wissner =
catalog (obtained
from Ebay by the man who sold me the piano) that Wissner pianos were
tropicalized (I presume including the model H, which is mine). I =
don't
know much about tropicalization methods. Might =
the
sounding board have been treated in such a way as to withstand =
moisture
(e.g. spilled coffee)? Could tropicalization also be =
responsible
for the excellent preservation of the sounding board through =
decades in
which climate control might have been lacking? More =
importantly,
is there anything special I should know about a tropicalized piano =
that might
affect how I would best clean the coffee residue from the sounding
board??? I already checked the "How to Clean Anything" book, but =
it
didn't say how to clean clean coffee from a tropicalized sounding =
board
;-)</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thank you for your =
advice!</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Peace,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Sarah Fox</FONT></DIV>
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