Stanford names their concert instruments Franz (Hamburg) George (New York) & Alice (NY). David ----- Original message ---------------------------------------- From: Otto Keyes <okeyes@uidaho.edu> To: College and University Technicians <caut@ptg.org> Received: Mon, 25 Jul 2005 11:55:19 -0700 Subject: Re: [CAUT] Wurzen felt >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 >> >_______________________________________________ >caut list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives
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