[CAUT] Piano Cuniform

[David Ilvedson]

Now is that the piano tech's life or what?   AND every 10 years or so his are replaced with brand new to play with...

David Ilvedson, RPT
Pacifica, CA  94044

----- Original message ----------------------------------------
From: "McCoy, Alan" <amccoy at ewu.edu>
To: caut at ptg.org
Received: 3/17/2010 5:51:00 PM
Subject: Re: [CAUT] Piano Cuniform


>On these Hamburgs there is no finish on the upstop rails. The interesting thing is 
>that his experience is limited to about 95% Hamburg S&S and 5% NY S&S.

>Too bad too because he has missed out on our good ole Aeolean Ivers & Pond 
>spinets among others.

>Alan


>________________________________
>From: Jon Page <jonpage at comcast.net>
>Reply-To: CAUTlist <caut at ptg.org>
>Date: Wed, 17 Mar 2010 16:10:56 -0700
>To: CAUTlist <caut at ptg.org>
>Subject: Re: [CAUT] Piano Cuniform

>One of the first things Ulrich did after pulling the action and placing it atop another 
>piano (covered) was to take off the keystop rail, and sand the top of it. He said 
>something about liking everything to look clean. At that moment it seemed extreme

>Sanding is a little extreme. 4/0 steel wool cleans of the dirt and preps the surface for 
>scribing with chalk and it leaves the finish intact.
>--

>Regards,

>Jon Page