Forgot to include the capo area as well for goo problem area potential! Joseph Alkana RPT ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joseph Alkana" <josephspiano at comcast.net> To: "Pianotech List" <pianotech at ptg.org> Sent: Thursday, July 19, 2007 11:25 AM Subject: Re: Speaking of WD40.... > Tom, I've been there with a piano that had a sound deadening problem. > Turned out it was the agraffes/string juncture that actually caused the > problem. Before you get too carried away with potential soundboard ills, > you might just clean that termination point realllllll careful. A little > goo, which is very hard to see, will kill the tone in a big way. By the > way, the problem and solution were pointed out to me by my betters, Steve > Brady. > > Joseph Alkana RPT > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Tom Servinsky" <tompiano at bellsouth.net> > To: "Pianotech List" <pianotech at ptg.org> > Sent: Thursday, July 19, 2007 7:49 AM > Subject: Speaking of WD40.... > > >> List, >> Got a real interesting situation with a Steinway B which has been in my >> care for the past 20 yrs. The piano was a pretty decent B, even though >> it was built during prime CBS years. The board had plenty of power and >> sustain and the piano was kept in good condition . Then one day it all >> changed for the worse. >> I was about to do the tuning when I noticed the soundboard had a very >> different amber color to it. Then to my attonishment, there was no >> sustain...zilch. It was about that time when the owner's husband stepped >> into the living room and announced that he fixed the piano. "Huhhh?" >> "Yep, sprayed WD40 everywhere". I almost had a heart attack. The wife was >> a piano teacher and she was sickened with what he had done. From that >> point it soundboard more like an Aeolian spinet than a Steinway B. >> So fast forward some 15yrs and the owner passes and wils the piano to the >> local college. Now the college wants the board repaired as best as >> possible without replacing it. >> Question: Can WD40 penetrate the finish on the soundboard? Or will it >> just lay on top can create a residue, which is what I am hoping. My hopes >> is that ( once) the soundboard is stripped and the thick layer of gooh >> removed, the soundboard will come back to life.Anyone out there with any >> experience with this type of problem? >> Just for the record I have isolated the problem to the soundboard. I have >> replaced several strings and did a pluck test to see if I can gain any >> sustain and nothing much improves. I've replaced hammers on those same >> notes seeing if anything can be improve. But it still points back to the >> thick layer of gooh on the soundboard. Plenty of crown and positive >> downbearing as well. >> Tom Servinsky >> >> > > >
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