Joseph Garrett wrote: > Wim & all, > I strongly urge you NOT to spray the aggraffes with lacquer, after cleaning > and polishing! The lacquer becomes a "contaminate" at the termination point. > Case in point, we've all seen a "redone" grand, where the plate was sprayed, > with strings attached. This also included the aggraffes with gold spray all > over them. And the piano sounded like hell. Why? Because the lacquer was on > the termination point. Yes, I did clean a few to prove the point and it did > improve the sound. > Regards, > Joe Garrett, RPT, (Oregon) hmm... this sounds a little suspect... brand new laquer or spray paint you say ??.. how much could possibly get into the string holes ?... Would seem to take a lot laquer to build up a thick enough coat to inhibit or influence the strings vibration. And how long could the laquer stay in the way given the strings cutting power ??. I am wondering what you used to clean the agraffe with... pehaps you actaully dressed up the termination itself a bit ??.. This one sound very curious indeed. I have seen plenty plates spray painted as you say... I think it looks a bit silly to gold paint the brass... but I have never found anything that would hint that this would wreck the sound of an instrument. Tho since its you Joe... I will be on the lookout for the next one of these I run into and see if I can confirm your claim. Anyone else have Joes experience ? -- Richard Brekne RPT, N.P.T.F. Bergen, Norway mailto:rbrekne@broadpark.no
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