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endlessetudes
Registered User
(2/7/01 10:47:39 am)
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I have
two questions on cleaning, and pegs
I have two questions:
My
cello seems to be a dust and fingerprint magnet. It gets grimey so
quick! I keep it on an upright stand when not being used and wrap it
in a sheet. About once a week I use a dry cloth and rub it out good.
I am curious about others routines of keeping your cello spic
and span.
Question 2: The pegs on my cello are sticky and
tough to move. It is a student cello I have had for about a year.
(My teacher says for a factory cello it has a better sound than it
deserves!) anyway, teacher says I can take it to a good voilin-maker
to have the pegs worked on so they aren't so sticky and tough. My
question is, what exactly will he do to them, how long will it take
him, and do you think it is expensive?
Thanks for your opinions.
Lisa
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Paul
Tseng ICS Staff 
Administrator
(2/7/01 12:08:38 pm)
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I just
discovered
3M Sctoch Brite Micro Fibre Cleaning
cloth.
It works really well on cleaning my cello with NO
chemicals or solutions. It's soft enough not to scratch the finish
too. Give it a try!
Paul Tseng
My Website
MP3!
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Dick500
Registered User
(2/7/01 2:25:34 pm)
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Re:
Pegs
If the pegs actually fit well, the
shop person might simply take each one out, put some peg dope (e.g.
Hill peg compound) on each, and tune it back up. Minimal time.
Minimal expense. Peg dope helps sticky pegs slip easier and slippery
pegs stick better. Not too expensive--looks like really ugly colored
lipstick in a lipstick-style dispenser--get some.
If the pegs
simply don't fit at all, your shop person would have to take each
one out and run it through a peg shaper, run a reamer through the
hole, put some peg dope on each peg, and tune it back up. Still
minimal time. The cost would be a bit more to account for the labor
time, but still not too bad. But often, when pegs are out of round
and don't fit, they simply don't want to hold well at all, and,
judging from your description, that is not your problem.
Dick
Mattson
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Patricia2
Registered User
(2/7/01 3:33:55 pm)
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sticky
pegs
Had a really hard time with this
myself -- I'm a beginner --
and was working so hard at it I was
afraid of breaking my cello!
My teacher told me to apply crayon
-- and that did the trick!
Never had nightmare tuning sessions
again, AND the pegs don't slip, either.
You may need more than
this, but it's certainly worth a try -
cheers
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Lisa
Shipman
Registered
User
(2/7/01 3:39:38 pm)
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Cleaning Cloth
I have to second Paul on the Micro
Fiber cloth. I have used one of these for years on my flutes. Inside
and out and never a scratch or a haziness to the silver. They are
designed to be used on the most delicate of materials without
marring. You can pick one up any just about any fine instrument
dealer.
Lisa
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Paul
Tseng ICS Staff
Administrator
(2/7/01 3:53:41 pm)
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Re:
Cleaning Cloth
I got mine at Home Depot!
Paul Tseng
My Website
MP3!
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Cellochick
Registered
User
(2/7/01 4:10:44 pm)
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Alcohol
Not the kind you drink, of
course...but I use isopropyl alcohol, applied with a cotton ball, to
clean my strings. Just make sure you don't get any on the actual
body - tilt the instrument at an angle so that nothing drips onto
the finish. ONLY use this to clean the strings!
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Dorie
Straus 
Moderator
(2/7/01 4:30:16 pm)
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Re:
Alcohol - pegs
I use denatured alcohol to clean the
pegs when they start slipping. Same thing - it's ok on the ebony not
on the finish of the peg box.
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Christopher
Chan
Registered
User
(2/7/01 9:03:12 pm)
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Swiffer
sheets!
Those antistatic sheets work great
on cleaning the dust off the cello, and you'd be pleasantly
surprised how easily it cleans rosin off the strings. I always keep
a sheet in my case.
About those sticking pegs, they probably
have gotten dry, you can go to luthier to get thems fixed or you can
buy some peg dope to smooth it out.
Edited by: Christopher
Chan at: 2/7/01 9:03:12
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