I looked at a 1927 L, rebuilt in Cincinatti in the mid-1970s. The most obvious reason to call me was that a string had popped (D#-43). An unusual break it was, too. Right under the stringbraid between the bridge and the rear duplex. In fact while the rest of the 25-year-old wire was still quite clean, there was thick corrosion of the wire wherever the string braid had been threaded through it. I promptly spliced the wire with a square knot and removed both sections of braid. (Nothing like a closed banr door to hide the fact that the horse might not still be inside .) So on top of poor hammers and bad damper work, I will also be restring just those two sections (the bass and the bottom of the center). The braid feels stiff and slightly waxy, like the kind of of water-proofing which was being done to pup-tents back when I should have been a boy scout. Any clues as to what the braid might have been treated with? Bill Ballard, RPT New Hampshire Chapter, PTG "May you work on interesting pianos." Ancient Chinese Proverb
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