[CAUT] Dead (New) bass strings

[Wimblees at aol.com]

In a message dated 8/16/07 9:23:46 A.M. Hawaiian Standard Time,  
jim_busby at byu.edu writes:

 
List, 
While trying to save some bucks I  used an old (10 years?) set of bass 
strings for a D. They were still coiled  and wrapped in plastic. About ½ of them 
were dead! Sooo… I have another spare  set (About 4 years old) hanging straight 
on some hooks for emergency repairs.  The trichords were also dead, for the 
most part. Rolled or straight, wrapped  or in open air, it doesn’t seem to 
matter. 
I don’t get it. How can bass  strings go dead in storage? And, why? There was 
a thread on this months ago,  but it seems totally bizarre to me that this 
could happen. I’ve been told to  ALWAYS order a fresh set. 
I guess a penny saved is a  penny wasted. 
Jim Busby  BYU



Jim
 
Although you are in a relatively dry climate, I wonder if having the  strings 
wrapped in plastic could have actually cause them to become  dead, because 
the plastic would prevent any moisture that was in the  package, which came from 
Mapes in Tennessee, (lots of humidity), to  escape.  Were the ones you had 
hanging out of the plastic, or bare? If  they were bare, i don't know why they 
would be dead.
 
Back in St. Louis I would carry several sets of universals in my car. Some  
of them would be in there for 3 or 4 years before I would have a chance to use  
them, and they would be dead. I could see the tarnish in the copper. I 
suspect  that with the high humidity they would get a little moist, even though they 
were  packed in a box and wrapped in paper. 
 
Just my take on the subject.
 
Willem (Wim)  Blees, RPT
Piano Tuner/Technician
Honolulu,  Hawaii




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