[pianotech] Spilled wine

[Marcel Carey]

I've had to cleanup this kind of mess a few years ago. I removed the strings and used alcool or acetone to remove the stains. You might as well remove the bridge pins and re-install them with ca or epoxy. I suspect the string contact with the pins must have some kind of sugar left behind.


Marcel Carey,

Sherbrooke, QC

> From: joespiano at gmail.com
> To: pianotech at ptg.org
> Date: Thu, 24 Jun 2010 09:30:20 -0400
> Subject: [pianotech] Spilled wine
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> Dear list,
> I service a Bechstein B, housed in the Consulate General of Germany  
> residence in New York City that has a wine stain on the treble bridge,  
> where John Negroponte spilled his drink a few years ago.  Of course,  
> it looks bad, but the tone is poorer now for this libation.  It is a  
> bare wood bridge cap.  I am hoping someone out there might have an  
> idea as to how to treat the cleaning.  My concern is that the shape of  
> the bridge cap will change or be negatively affected by the cleaning  
> process.  I am not sure which is an appropriate method- removing with  
> some sort of solution, or sanding, or both?
> 
> Any ideas that might help restore our image in the eyes of German  
> public?
> 
> Joe Wiencek
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