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<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!
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Phil Romano</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Myrtle Beach, SC</FONT></DIV>
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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
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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></BODY></HTML>