Cleaning Gone Bad

[Tom Myler]

> From: jpiesik@arinc.com
> To: PIANOTECH@byu.edu
> Subject: Cleaning Gone Bad
> Date: Friday, March 14, 1997 5:27 AM
>
>      Dear List,
>
>      A very good client of mine "cleaned" her 1971 KG-2 Kawai grand which

>      is (was) in excellent condition.
>
>      During her zealous attempt at cleaning she scratched the soundboard,

>      bent the damper wires, loosened the windings on several bass
strings,
>      and polished the strings with liquid metal polish!
>
>      Several bass string windings now rattle, and several bass strings
are
>      dead (loaded up with polish).
>
>      Is there a reasonable way to restore the original bass strings, or
is
>      it time to replace them? (She's willing, but reluctant to replace
>      them.)
>      I may be able to eliminate the rattles by twisting. But I'm not sure

>      twisting them will get rid of the deadness caused by the polish. And

>      won't the polish that is now on/in the strings be a permanent magnet

>      for dust and dirt, continually causing the bass strings to go dead
>      over the years? Have you ever encountered something like this?
>
>      What would you suggest?
>
>      Thank you,
>
>      John Piesik, RPT


Replace them.

Myler, Tom

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