At Banff, the two German D's we had were Camille & Brunhilde, while the NY D was Gertrude. They all had personalities to match. :-) Otto ----- Original Message ----- From: "michelle stranges" <stranges@Oswego.EDU> To: "College and University Technicians" <caut@ptg.org> Sent: Monday, July 25, 2005 11:50 AM Subject: Re: [CAUT] Wurzen felt > All pianos are male- so this hairspray nonsense must stop. > > :D > > (Great post, BTW..) > > > > --On Monday, July 25, 2005 11:42 AM -0700 Otto Keyes <okeyes@uidaho.edu> > wrote: > > > David, > > > > You'll probably find that can of hairspray was merely lacquer in a diluted > > form & a well-coiffed can. I wrote about using the "spray bomb method" on > > this list 2-3 years ago, with an astoundingly silent response. You're the > > first one to confess such nefarious experimentation -- and to publicly > > admit that it really works! > > > > Great for emergency juicing jobs, but can be easily reversed. However, it > > can give surprisingly satisfactory & long-lasting results, if desired. > > > > I use a spray lacquer (like Deft), and acetone as a chaser on the crown to > > keep it from developing a nasty zing from the crust. I suspect that the > > hairspray was dilute enough to achieve the same results. The thing I like > > about the acetone is the fact that it flashes off so fast that you pretty > > much know what you have within a matter of minutes. However, your method > > was not only Suave, but it was also cheap -- may have to try it next time. > > > > Otto > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Porritt, David" <dporritt@mail.smu.edu> > > To: <caut@ptg.org> > > Sent: Sunday, July 24, 2005 2:26 PM > > Subject: [CAUT] Wurzen felt > > > > > >> We have a Steinbuhler 7/8 action for a "D" in our main recital hall. It > > isn't used a lot, but it is used. A couple of weeks ago it was being used > > for a master class and the Ronsen Wurzen hammers were just a little too > > soft. The sound was really nice, but the treble didn't have enough higher > > partials to be heard well over the bass. It sounded muddy in the hall. > > The professor who uses it wanted some more zing! > >> > >> I'm not a big fan of over doping - particularly on really nice hammers. > > As a first step I went to CVS pharmacy down the street and got a can of > > 98-cent Suave Extra-hold hairspray. I covered everything but the hammers > > with newspaper and sprayed all the hammers but more on the treble ones. > > The next morning it sounded pretty good. The professor who prefers not > > to fight a dull instrument was very happy with it so I quit meddling with > > it. > >> > >> I have to admit I've never tried that before, but had read it somewhere > > (this list?) and thought that was probably as benign a starting place as > > any. I don't think it would have worked on less dense felt, but on the > > Wurzens it really worked well. > >> > >> dp > >> > >> __________________________ > >> David M. Porritt, RPT > >> Meadows School of the Arts > >> Southern Methodist University > >> Dallas, TX 75275 > >> dporritt@smu.edu > >> _______________________________________________ > >> caut list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives > >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > > caut list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives > > > > > _______________________________________________ > caut list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives >
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