I unstrung them to clean them thoroughly inside and out before placing in my very small shop, because all pianos, even well cared ones, stink a bit after 100 years of accumulating dust and typical household odors..... and I have a very sensitive nose! Also, because I felt that the soundboards would preserve better not being under load. And because that's what one normally does when starting a restoration. Thump --- Tom Driscoll <tomtuner@comcast.net> wrote: > > > > At 4:35 PM -0700 7/21/03, gordon stelter wrote: > >... All these pianos are ( or were before I > unstrung them > >)very full and rich sounding, throughout the scale. > ... > > Which begs the question from me, Gordon. > > Why on earth did you unstring these pianos with such > a great sound? > > Keith McGavern > _______________________________________________ > Keith, > It's much more difficult to auto-clave with the > strings in! > Tom Driscoll > > _______________________________________________ > pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com
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