Why NOT to polish bass strings.......

[Dean May]

For the benefit of this apprentice, isn't that area hardened? Do you have to
be careful not to file through the hardened part? 

 

Also, I was wondering if anyone ever cut a notch there instead and inserted
a small brass rod for the termination point, ala Young Chang and others. I'm
thinking most of the work could be done with a 4" grinder using a thin
cutting wheel. A die grinder or dremel could do the rest.

 

Dean

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From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf
Of David Andersen
Sent: Thursday, June 28, 2007 1:26 PM
To: Pianotech List
Subject: Re: Why NOT to polish bass strings.......

 

 

On Jun 28, 2007, at 8:50 AM, reggaepass at aol.com wrote:





P. S. Replacing the bass strings was expensive. The upside to this tale is
that we decided to restring the entire instrument (which I had never done on
a piano this "young"). The only thing we did while the strings were off was
to spend a few minutes polishing the capo bar. WOW, what a difference for
the better that made! Who would have thunk it? Not me, at least not prior to
that experience.

ae

 

Tha capo area tone can undergo a radical positive change with proper
profiling and polishing; many times we just restring the capo area (the top
two treble sections) on a performance piano---and "V-out" the capo
bar---file it to make the termination area narrower---and then polish it to
make sure the string cuts in the soft metal are gone.

Lift, level, and stabilize the new strings, and the piano sings in the money
area---the Holy Grail of every good player.

 

David "Always an Apprentice" Andersen 

 

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