protek

[Eugenia Carter]

Keith,

The first time I used this approach several years ago I too was nervous.

Ed Foote was the first person I recall sharing this idea with us. After a
private email with him, I tried it on a 9' Bosendorfer I had been servicing
for several years. This piano was the most difficult piano to tune in the
list of those I serviced. Applying protek carefully rendered this puppy much
easier to tune; it's now basically no more or less difficult than any other
instrument I service. (Thanks again Ed for sharing that great idea with us.)

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays all,

Gina

.----- Original Message -----
From: "Keith Jones" <kjones@well.com>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Thursday, December 14, 2000 10:29 PM
Subject: protek


> Hello Pianotechs,
>   I've read here about using protek on strings to aid in rendering strings
> across termination points. I've even tried it with great success on an
> older piano. I just thought I'd ask one more time if there is agreement in
> the piano tech community that this safe to do. Are there any adverse
> consequences that anyone knows about? Would you do this on fine concert
> instruments?
> Thanks,
> Keith Jones
>  Associate Member, PTG