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Oct 29, 2015
Primarily of historical interest
1 of 1 found this helpful This was the first serious study of the Nineteenth Century American reed organ and it remains valuable on multiple levels to the historian and preservationist. That having been said, however, this is not really a book for the amateur who may be hoping to fix up grandma’s old parlor organ. We have come a long way in the restoration/preservation field since this work was published and hence some of the recommendations for repairs presented would be ill-advised today. The professional restoration/preservation analyst will know what parts of the work to safely ignore and will study it then for its historical value. Hence if the interest is for whatever reasons mainly in its history, this should prove a good read, but as a “how to” book on refurbishing old farm-house organs, understandably somewhat naive.
Dec 03, 2019
Best tool for the job,
Works with all screw-in type nozzles. Looks nice too.
Sep 17, 2016
Great for piano strings
So this is fairly interesting, especially for cleaning piano strings. I had no idea what to expect, and had to figure out how to use it on my own because it came with no instructions. There is a holder, about the size of a utility knife, with an internal slider gripping a scrubber on one end and an oiled felt bar on the other. The caps may be difficult to remove, but after that the slider advances or retracts each end from opposite sides. The scrubber bar is much like a “Scotch-Brite” pad, but both denser and less abrasive. I found the scrubber end to work very effectively for cleaning and polishing piano strings.
My advice would be that the holder needs to have notched stops on the slider that will snap it in place at various points. My example has no stops and hence the ends will retract if pressure is applied at the ends. Since pressure is obviously necessary for good cleaning, it does not help that the slider keeps slipping back into the handle. Also, instructions should be provided, including information on the oil used on the lubricant side. You should know how to trim the scrubber end and rejuvenate the lubricant end from time to time, for anyone using it regularly. Even so, it works fine for polishing piano strings.