Cleaning bass strings

[Jeannie Grassi]

Avery,
Sadly, I haven't played the bassoon since school.  I am also a singer/actor.
I've been auditioning this week for the part of Madame Rose in Gypsy.  I
know, I know...it's not Verdi, but I do love Broadway, too.  I've waited
years for a local production of this show.  I have a good chance, but some
stiff competition.  I'll know by Sunday.  Until then, it's stress time.....
jeannie

Jeannie Grassi, RPT
Assistant Editor, Piano Technicians Journal
mailto:jcgrassi@earthlink.net

-----Original Message-----
From: pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] On Behalf
Of Avery Todd
Sent: Wednesday, December 07, 2005 2:53 PM
To: Pianotech
Subject: RE: Cleaning bass strings

I knew there was some reason I liked you when I met you in Reno! I also
played
bassoon for quite a few years! Percussion & then voice were my 
"other" instruments.
Besides piano, of course. :-)

Avery

At 10:48 AM 12/7/05, you wrote:
>Rick Baldassin is a bass player.
>I only made it as low as bassoon and bari sax!
>
>Jeannie Grassi, RPT
>Assistant Editor, Piano Technicians Journal
>mailto:jcgrassi@earthlink.net
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] On
Behalf
>Of reggaepass@aol.com
>Sent: Wednesday, December 07, 2005 6:53 AM
>To: pianotech@ptg.org
>Subject: Re: Cleaning bass strings
>
>OK.  So what percentage of piano technicians are now or ever have been
>bass players, like Gerry, Geoff, myself, and several others I can think
>of just off hand?  What is it about bass playing piano technicians?
>
>Alan Eder, RPT
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Geoff Sykes <thetuner@ivories52.com>
>To: 'Pianotech' <pianotech@ptg.org>
>Sent: Tue, 6 Dec 2005 12:14:04 -0800
>Subject: RE: Cleaning bass strings
>
>     Weird is not the word. Although I too was once a bass player. But
>now I'm a
>piano tech, so I guess I'm used to weird. But I digress... I had a
>electric
>bass player in the studio once a number of years ago, high profile
>session
>player just out from New York, who insisted on replacing his strings
>before
>EVERY TAKE. He said he really liked that bright new sound, so after
>every
>take he would pull out a pair of dikes, cut off the "old" ones, (didn't
>want
>anyone pulling them out of the trash and actually using them again in
>his
>name as a souvenir), and then put an a set of brand new ones.
>
>-- Geoff Sykes
>-- Assoc. Los Angeles
>
>-----Original Message-----
>  From: pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] On
>Behalf
>Of Gerald Forsburg
>Sent: Tuesday, December 06, 2005 10:25 AM
>To: 'Pianotech'
>Subject: RE: Cleaning bass strings
>
>
>LOL!!!  I was a bass player for years.  Never heard of this, but it
>doesn't
>surprise me.  We bass players are a weird bunch.  The only musicians
>that
>are weirder are the drummers.  Beware, some bass player probably told
>you he
>boiled his strings on a bet with a drummer to see if you'd actually do
>it -
>pianists are generally found to be pretty gullible. <G> ;-)
>
>Gerry
>
>-----Original Message-----
>  From: pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] On
>Behalf
>Of John Dorr
>Sent: Tuesday, December 06, 2005 9:48 AM
>To: pianotech@ptg.org
>Subject: Cleaning bass strings
>
>Hi all,
>
>I read somewhere about electric bass players who boil their strings when
>they
>get too grimy and they want to brighten up their tone.  I wondered if
>anyone
>
>had ever tried that on piano bass (wound) strings?  I've also wondered
>from
>time to time if it would be possible to clean bass strings with
>ultra-sound.
>
>  Anybody know?
>
>I am aware of the technique of running an overhand loop up and down a
>tubby-sounding string, and of giving the string a twist.  I'd love to
>hear
>anybody else's tips on restoring at least some of the tone to old
>strings.
>  Not all my customers can afford a re-stringing job.
>
>Thanks,
>John
>
>
>
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