Rusty strings at bridge

[Avery Todd]

Hi Mark,

   Interesting. I'm the one who made the original post here about that
and the piano has now been restrung. So far, so good, but it'll be a
while before I'll know for sure whether or not it's going to recur. But
thanks for that information.

Avery

>I read with interest in December's PTG journal (yes I'm a slow reader) in
>the Q & A section about a piano with strings rusting only on the long
>bridge.
>
>There was a German grand in Sydney that developed precisely the same
>problem. The piano tech suspected salt in the wood, but couldn't prove it.
>After all sorts of denials on the part of the manufacturers, the owner in
>desperation sawed off a chunk of the bridge with a pruning saw (!) to send
>away for analysis.
>
>The response from the lab was that there was more salt in that timber "than
>I'd put on my fries!" The manufacturer had to then concede that the it was
>faulty material used in the bridge and paid for a new cap.
>
>Apparently when logs are sent down stream to be milled, the occasional one
>gets away and heads into salty water. Being as valuable as they are, they
>are rescued and still milled. Salt and all.
>
>Thought it might interest those who contributed to that thread.
>
>Now for the January edition!
>Mark Bolsius


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