[CAUT] Clean-up Prepared Piano

[David Ilvedson]

I just got the same thing on our #2 Stein D... '-[   It also seems to have slightly deadened the tone.

David Ilvedson, RPT
Pacifica, CA  94044

----- Original message ----------------------------------------
From: "Dennis Johnson" <johnsond at stolaf.edu>
To: caut at ptg.org
Received: 2/25/2010 2:53:08 PM
Subject: [CAUT] Clean-up Prepared Piano


>Hi-

>...and please help.  Does anyone have a good suggestion for removing those
>white painted-on node markers from bass strings?  This week we had a
>visiting contemporary group (Luna Nova) who left us with 30 some painted
>markings all over a nice new set of Arledge bass strings. I had checked the
>piano after rehearsal and it was on then, so clearly this happened after the
>end of the day and I was gone.   I'm not as concerned about the plain wire,
>but not sure what to do for the bass.  Normally we have a designated piano
>that should be used for this kind of thing but this event happened out of my
>control, and I thought they would use nothing more than maybe some chalk.
>I'm guessing it is probably a white liquid paper solution.

>Thanks in advance,

>Dennis Johnson
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