<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2713.1100" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Yes Phil,  you certainly can make = them yourself.  But it would take me better than an hour to collect materials,  cut,  grind,  solder and cover with cloth = when I could have bought Bill's already made for $22.  If you have nothing = else to do,  fine.  If you're backed up with work,  you just lost = money by making them yourself.  Unless you charge less than = $22/hr.  What I like about Bill's tools is that HE makes them and sells them for = less than I can do it my self.  And he makes them all pretty = well.   Don't get me wrong,  I have no problem with people making their own = anything.  I just try to look at the economics of it.  = Sometimes it doesn't make sense to do it yourself,  if your costing yourself money.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Dale Fox</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Sacramento, Ca</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV></FONT> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B> <A title=philromano@attglobal.net href="mailto:philromano@attglobal.net">philromano@attglobal.net</A> = </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, February 28, = 2002 4:19 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Clean piano</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Bill's soundboard cleaning tools are = great but you can make one (or several -different sizezs for various parts of = the board) very easily for quite a bit less than what he charges for them. A = length of brazing rod with a piece of flat brass stock silver soldered in a = "T". You can grind the ends round and file sand buff whatever. Bend a = handle shape in the other end. Cover the brass with bushing cloth and clean = away! I have three home made tools that I have been using for years. Ever = since I saw Spurlock's! </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Phil Romano</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Myrtle Beach, SC</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV>----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B> <A title=rrg@unlv.edu href="mailto:rrg@unlv.edu">Robert = Goodale</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, February 28, = 2002 1:12 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Clean = piano</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV>You absolutely MUST get the Spurlock sound board = cleaning brush/rake thingies, (not really sure what to call it, sort of a = squeegee for piano dirt).  Once you use these tools you will never use = anything else.  I have thoroughly cleaned a dirty board in ten minutes = with these.   If you are not familiar with this tool see it here:<BR><BR><A class=moz-txt-link-freetext = href="http://www.spurlocktools.com/id32.htm">http://www.spurlocktools.c= om/id32.htm</A><BR><BR>Rob Goodale, RPT<BR>Las Vegas, NV<BR><BR><BR><A = class=moz-txt-link-abbreviated href="mailto:HazenBannister@cs.com">HazenBannister@cs.com</A> = wrote:<BR> <BLOCKQUOTE cite=mid:186.40e2657.29af040e@cs.com = type="cite"><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT size=2>Hi list, <BR> I was at = a church today for a cleaning,and tuning on a small grand.I used a yard = stick to clean the soundboard,under the strings.It worked a lot better than = a soundboard steel.It is flexible,but stiffer,so you can push a = cloth easier,and a much thicker one.It is also very soft wood,so there's = no chance of scratching the wood.You can also insert it at the treble = string break and cover the whole board.Push the cloth to the top of the treble,and with the action out,you can remove the cloth with your = hand. <BR>Hazen Bannister</FONT></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE><BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY>= </HTML>