protek

[Kevin E. Ramsey RPT]

I've used it in the same way many times. Never saw any verdigris, never saw
any damage to windings, (although, I never got any on the windings,) and
never had to re-apply it after the first time.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Richard Brekne" <Richard.Brekne@grieg.uib.no>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Friday, December 15, 2000 8:08 AM
Subject: Re: protek


> I am wondering how long this proceedure can be expected to help a piano,
or does
> it take several applications. I am also wondering if protek can react to
any
> kind of brass composition. The reason I ask this last part is that I added
a few
> drops all agraffes on a Bohemian (Petrof offspin) 185 console grand and
they all
> turned green a few days later. On a Kawaii grand I service, it seemed to
help a
> bit right then and there, but the next time I was on this piano it was
really
> difficult again.
>
> Eugenia Carter wrote:
>
> > 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
> >
>
> --
> Richard Brekne
> RPT, N.P.T.F.
> Bergen, Norway
> mailto:Richard.Brekne@grieg.uib.no
>
>