'round here, I've actually heard of well respected tooners USING WD-40 to clean bass strings, and center pin lubricant to dope blocks. Yikes!!!! Thump I guess that's not a good idea. --- John Baird <jbairdrpt@insightbb.com> wrote: > Three years ago I restrung the bass on a Kawai > UST-6. It was a piano that I > had no prior experience with, but the customer said > the bass suddenly went > dead. I inquired about the possibility of any sprays > such as furniture > polish or WD-40 getting on the strings. They didn't > think so. I did not ask > about fumes, but the question is now on the > customer's card and will be > asked next time. > > John Baird > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "ted simmons" <ted@yourlink.net> > To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org> > Sent: Friday, December 20, 2002 2:02 PM > Subject: Re: Dead bass strings > > > > The piano is a Kawai UST-7 console. I have had > experience with certain > > fumes contaminating bass strings. The most > well-known is WD-40, which > > definitely kills bass strings. I had an occasion > where a customer used a > > spray wax on his piano and the bass strings went > dead. The wax wasn't > > sprayed on the strings, just on the case. Yet the > strings died. Had to > be > > fumes causing that. > > > > Ted Simmons > > _______________________________________________ > pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com
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