[CAUT] Clean-up Prepared Piano

[Dennis Johnson]

Thanks...   I have some time to think about it before acting.  I should have
mentioned I rate this piano as our #3 Steinway D.  10 years ago it was
probably #1.  Anyway, clearly plastic won't provide much protection from
acetone.  That was dumb rambling on my part.  Perhaps something like a small
metal tin directly under each spot while brushing to catch run off- with as
much towel as can be?  I think I can do that.  It's at least worth a try.
Actually what concerned me most was not knowing what acetone would do to the
copper.

Dennis.

On Fri, Feb 26, 2010 at 1:47 PM, Fred Sturm <fssturm at unm.edu> wrote:

>
> On Feb 26, 2010, at 12:26 PM, Dennis Johnson wrote:
>
>  There hasn't been enough time to quantify aural changes in the tone of
>> these notes, but anything that solidifies into the windings will make a
>> difference.  Besides, as far as I'm concerned the visual damage is upsetting
>> enough... and totally unacceptable.  I talked to Arledge this morning and we
>> came up with stuffing a towel and some plastic or whatever under the strings
>> to protect the board, then trying to brush it out with acetone.  Anybody
>> ever tried this before?  I really don't want to replace them.  There isn't
>> enough time as it is.
>>
>> thanks,
>>
>> Dennis Johnson
>> ___________________
>>
>>  I haven't done it, but I'd suggest if you go this way, you should try to
> wick away as much as you can from above, with absorbent material of some
> sort. That is, brush on acetone, blot away, repeat. As opposed to flooding
> it down to the towel, which risks/invites material being washed into the
> windings and between them and the core. Possibly use alternating wet and dry
> cloth (wet cloth instead of brush).
>        I have a piano with markings like this, an old G-2. I haven't
> bothered doing anything, but have thought about it (every time I tune it). I
> have decided the risks are too great, since the strings sound fine as is,
> and the piano is now in a practice room (was in a faculty studio, former
> piano faculty member marked it).
>
> Regards,
> Fred Sturm
> University of New Mexico
> fssturm at unm.edu
>
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