[CAUT] Scientific study? - Stainless wire (Help on the way!)

[Dan l Tassin]

Wim,

Maybe you should have just settled on moving to 
Gulf Shores, AL.   That's on a island.  It's just like Hawaii
when the Hurricanes come through... bigger waves.

I bet the Salt Water/Air on the islands in Hawaii are real  "killers."
HOW do you move pianos from island to island ?? 
Oh, Hey !!!   Have you ridden the NEW multi-million-dollar,
3-story "Island Hopper" Ferry, yet ??  I wonder if they'll
let you move a piano on it over the water?   Man, I'd be
careful rolling a piano from beach-house to beach-house.
Can you imagine the time you'd have up-righting a piano
if your casters got off into the sand?   Sounds like a GREAT
place to push and sell Dampp-Chasers.

Be sure to keep your strings wiped off; dust off the bridge, hitch pins,
coils, 
tuning pin collars, etc...  Vacuum and dust often.  BEST corrosion
preventer
I've found yet.  [if one has 'new' strings]  A "dry" 2-inch paint brush
and 
vacuum hose works wonders !!  I suggest removing debris first.
Just teach your customers what to do ...  like putting gas in their car
...
it must be done often to keep it running nicely !!

 Regards,
D.Tassin, RPT
Blair SOM Asst.

PS:  Oh, Wim?  How do you say "piano" in Hawaiian ??      Pi-oak-a-no-no
??

PPS:  Stainless is harder, therefore making it more rigid.  Might explain
more
          breakage, guys. This would cause less tonal effect from
harmonic changes. 
          (aka = not quit the pretty sounds we get tuning grands with
strings made today.)
          It might be "OK" in uprights for homes and people who don't
          know how to keep corrosion from forming.  (aka: people who like
to live
          with the doors and windows open all year round next to their
piano.)
          I only wished manufactures used Stainless for Capo bars /
V-bars / 
          pressure or down bearing rods under the strings.  There would
then
          be less indention into the metal, causing less loss of tonal
effect over time.
          It would be less (no) filing or shaping work to do when
restringing.
          Aaaaaahhh, now, there's a concept !!   Cost??   well, shoot ...
pianos
          keep going up in cost each year, anyway.   Wad-da-Hey !!
          Why do you think people are wanting keyboards now days?   Yes,
they
          are easier to move from Island to Island.  I bet Magnum has a
keyboard
          because T.C. can't get a piano in the Helicopter.

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On Mon, 27 Aug 2007 19:06:56 -0700 "David Ilvedson" <ilvey at sbcglobal.net>
writes:
Another study:  will dampchasers keep strings from rusting in Hawai...?

David Ilvedson, RPT
Pacifica, CA 94044




Original message
From: Wimblees at aol.com
To: caut at ptg.org
Received: 8/27/2007 1:49:57 PM
Subject: Re: [CAUT] Scientific study - Stainless wire (Help!)


In a message dated 8/27/07 11:49:59 A.M. Hawaiian Standard Time,
jim_busby at byu.edu writes:
Wim,
What a great idea! I wasn’t even thinking about that, but indeed that
is THE major difference, after all. Hey, I’m sure you’ll need some
stainless in your new job… 
Thanks.
Regards,
Jim 
That's what gave me the idea. Just this morning I tuned a piano with
rusty strings. It sounded OK, but wondered what it would sound with new
strings
Wim 






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