Hi,
In my misspent youth as a technician, I did a fair amount of studio and
live concert work...paid reasonably well at the time...hours
sucked...anyway:
While I cannot immediately remember the brand, there was a good deal of
use of "acoustic putty" for affixing pickups/etc to soundboards...with
the more enlightened engineers and presenters doing the affixing to the
underside of the board, just in case.
As with what Fred found, the stuff that one generally finds through Dr.
Google is actually formulated for helping to created fireblocks in
construction, not (necessarily) for anything directly acoustic. As
these kinds of putties tend to be for permanent installation, I'm not
sure that I would use them anywhere on a piano.
As I'm writing this, I'm remembering that my brother (an ardent model
railroader) uses various iterations of Silly Putty for everything from
making instant gluing supports to semi-permanent installations while he
is building, repairing, or documenting various model RR layouts and/or
procedures. A look at the "other uses" section of the following
Wikipedia entry might be useful:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silly_PuttyI do not remember him ever having any trouble with finish degradation in
these settings; and am fairly certain that this is what I saw being used
years before.
Perhaps Geoff Sykes has more directly usable information.
Kind regards.
Horace
On 2/9/2018 2:38 PM, Fred Sturm via Piano Technicians Guild wrote:
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> When I look up acoustic putty, I see something made to put around outlet boxes and the like as an acoustic seal for soundproofing apartments, not something to stick on a mike or whatever. I've had sound techs put a grayish putty on soundboards to attach things, and it comes off clean, but I have no idea what type or brand.
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> I was asked by a student (yes, he asked first!)?? about the use of acoustic putty to secure?? some sort of exciter to the piano soundboard.?? I'm not opposed to excitement of soundboards but I looked up the putty and notice that it says it's not recommended for finished surfaces.?? Anyone have any experience with this stuff (used more in the guitar world) and have any ideas for an alternative?
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When I look up acoustic putty, I see something made to put around outlet boxes and the like as an acoustic seal for soundproofing apartments, not something to stick on a mike or whatever. I've had sound techs put a grayish putty on soundboards to attach things, and it comes off clean, but I have no idea what type or brand.
Regards,
Fred Sturm
"Art is not a mirror held up to reality, but a hammer with which to shape it." Brecht