[pianotech] Some rebuilding videos

[barbara at pitchperfectpianos.com]

Scott, 

I don't know if anything was applied to the straps in the video or not, but a mentor of mine taught me to apply Armor All to the tips of old bridle straps before removing them.  Sometimes, it helps them not to crumble, but sometimes they're just too far gone. 


Barbara Nobbe, RPT
Pitch Perfect
859-489-4793
barbara at pitchperfectpianos.com

-----Original Message-----
From: Scott Gray <pelican2 at gmx.com>
Date: Mon, 19 Oct 2009 11:45:13 
To: <pianotech at ptg.org>
Subject: Re: [pianotech] Some rebuilding videos


Gregor,

That's what I was thinking as I've seen a few pianos that have bridal 
strap leather (if that's what it is) tabs that are "crunchy" and 
disintegrate when you try to un-hook them. It would be nice to have a 
cure for this.

Thanks,

Scott


Gregor _ wrote:
> Scott,
>
> no idea, but I will ask Michael who made the video. Unfortunately he 
> is on tour for a few weeks, so his answer may come somewhat delayed. I 
> assume it´s something that makes the leather smooth again so that they 
> don´t break. Perhaps something with oil?
>
> Gregor
>
> ------------------------------------------
> piano technician - tuner - dealer
> Münster, Germany
> www.weldert.de
>
>
>
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Date: Mon, 19 Oct 2009 08:41:08 -0600
> From: pelican2 at gmx.com
> To: pianotech at ptg.org
> Subject: Re: [pianotech] Some rebuilding videos
>
>
> Hi Gregor,
>
> On the 4th video, about 44 seconds into it, what is the solution 
> that's being brushed onto the Bridal Straps?
>
> Scott
>
>
> Gregor _ wrote:
>
>     List,
>
>     a collegue from Austria made some nice videos of the rebuilding of
>     a Steingräber & Söhne upright, 150 cm high. He asked me and some
>     others to translate the German description into English so that
>     they can be found better on Youtube by English speakers. He is no
>     contributor of this list because his English is even worse than mine.
>
>     Here they are:
>
>     http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xzwVFr7PyHw
>     http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ur-odUdvbOo
>     http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H68LnIHrbb4
>     http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tHYvDxipAzA
>     http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJ7CaaT2Dqs
>     http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=va8cxn4EFlU
>     http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TK7tkEpEB9g
>
>
>     have fun
>
>     Gregor
>
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