What is "Metho"?

[Alan]

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What language, exactly, are we speaking here, Mate? Fair dinkum it =
ain't.
Never heard of this here metho stuff. Here in the Northern Hemisphere, =
we
prefer tasty cleaning solvents.=20
And youse guys and us guys obviously butcher, mangle, twist, and torture =
the
King's English in distinctly different ways. He put metho in his brasso,
slipped in the batho, and fell on his ... uh ... rubber duckie?
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Alan R. Barnard
Silly Sayings from Salem, MO

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From: pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] On =
Behalf
Of Robin Stevens
Sent: Thursday, January 13, 2005 7:29 PM
To: Pianotech
Subject: What is "Metho"?



 Hi Don...Methylated Spirits is a mixture 95%V/V Ethanol and 5% of a =
NASTY
tasting liquid to stop the down and outs from drinking it!!! It was used =
as
a cheap form of a drinking Spirit by homeless drunks.
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The French polishers use it to create the liquid Schellac for polishing.
There is many a story about old French polishers drinking the vile =
tasting
stuff!!.=20
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I would say in America you would call it something else. Used in every
household here in Australia as a cleaning agent.
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I think the purpose of adding the "Metho' was to thin the Brasso down a =
bit.
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Regards
Robin Stevens=20
South Australia
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From: HYPERLINK "mailto:pianotech@ptg.org"Pianotech
Date: 01/14/05 09:54:53
To: HYPERLINK "mailto:pianotech@ptg.org"Pianotech
Subject: Re: Polishing White Plastic Key-tops
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Hi Robin,
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What is metho?
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At 08:49 AM 14/01/2005 +1030, you wrote:
>       In my days at a firm that sold, and serviced Steinways, any key
>polishing was done with a foot square slab of scrap half inch hammer =
felt
>with Brasso and metho.       The felt slab was glued to a board to make =
it
>portable. Then a small amount of Brasso was put on the felt with the =
same
>amount of metho.
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Regards,
Don Rose, B.Mus., A.M.U.S., A.MUS., R.P.T.
Non calor sed umor est qui nobis incommodat
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