[CAUT] Plummet stone was Steinway or Forgery?

[Dan Reed]

The 'Oxbllood' colored 3-M (Scotchbrite) pad, is advertised for use on 
metal...It works well...I've used it for 15 years...The advantage is 
you can bump up the the string terminations, without damaging the 
fingers too much...

Also, the green works well....the light gray is finer grit, and the 
white the finest. I will use just a wee bit of Flitz to polish the 
wire, if 'shinny' is desired.

Dan Reed
pianoarts.net



On Apr 22, 2009, at 1:26 PM, reggaepass at aol.com wrote:

> Anyone (else) use Scotchbrite for cleaning treble wire?  It does get 
> them clean, and leaves a lot less residual matter behind than the 
> eraser-like thingee.
>
> Alan Eder
>
>
>  -----Original Message-----
>  From: Joe And Penny Goss <imatunr at srvinet.com>
>  To: caut at ptg.org
>  Sent: Wed, 22 Apr 2009 10:20 am
>  Subject: Re: [CAUT] Plummet stone was Steinway or Forgery?
>
> Hi Marcel,
> He mostlikely  is rubbing the exposed surface with the stone to removw 
> rust pockets. The supply houses use to cary a rubber eraser 
> impregnated with grit for this.
> I just use my brass seating rod as with it one usually does not need 
> to remove the action.
> Joe Goss RPT
>  Mother Goose Tools
> imatunr at srvinet.com
> www.mothergoosetools.com
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: Marcel Carey
>> To: caut at ptg.org
>> Sent: Wednesday, April 22, 2009 10:57  AM
>> Subject: Re: [CAUT] Plummet stone was Steinway or Forgery?
>>
>>  Joe, I did google it and found things that couldn't apply to string 
>> polishing.
>>   
>>  Marcel
>>   
>>  From: imatunr at srvinet.com
>>  To: caut at ptg.org
>>  Date: Wed, 22 Apr 2009 07:35:20  -0600
>>  Subject: Re: [CAUT] Steinway or Forgery?
>>
>> Hi Google it, must say I did not know either  <g>
>> Joe Goss RPT
>>  Mother Goose Tools
>> imatunr at srvinet.com
>> www.mothergoosetools.com
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: Marcel Carey
>>> To: caut at ptg.org
>>> Sent: Wednesday, April 22, 2009 7:05 AM
>>> Subject:20Re: [CAUT] Steinway or Forgery?
>>>
>>>  Excuse my ingnorance, but what is a plummet stone? And how do 
>>> you actually use it to improve on old pianos strings?
>>>   
>>>  Marcel Carey
>>>   
>>>  > From: sloaneba at ucmail.uc.edu
>>>  > To: caut at ptg.org
>>>  > Date: Wed, 22 Apr 2009 08:54:39 -0400
>>>  > Subject: Re: [CAUT] Steinway or Forgery?
>>>  <SNIP>
>>>  > Guitar strings wear out fast, and need to be replaced frequently. 
>>> Now there is a lot more contact with the strings in  the case of a 
>>> guitar, but one also can dramatically improve the sound of a piano 
>>> by rubbing out worn strings with a plummet stone. Stringing alone 
>>> can  be very time consuming at an institution filled with practice 
>>> rooms that have pianos we cannot tune due to pin block wear flanked 
>>> by pianos that need action jobs.
>>>  >
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