----- Original Message ----- From: "Dave Nereson" <davner@kaosol.net> To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: November 06, 2003 2:29 AM Subject: Re: Geo. Steck upright > > . . . . just something a salesman told me once. That figures. > I had no reason to question it and nickel sounded reasonable. Why doesn't the iron turn rust-color? They often did. > The old uprights I've seen with the non-copper windings, and I think some WW II - era consoles & spinets have windings that are sort of a whitish-gray color, looking a bit like unpolished steel or even aluminum. These were aluminum. Another good idea gone bad in the cold hard light of reality. Del
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