tubby bass string "invigoration"

[JAMES DALLY]

WHAT IS   MEK?
----- Original Message -----
From: "Paul Chick (Earthlink)" <tune4@earthlink.net>
To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Thursday, November 06, 2003 8:46 AM
Subject: RE: tubby bass string "invigoration"


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> Subject: Re: tubby bass string "invigoration"
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> > i scrubbed the string with
> > steel wool to remove the dust and surface grime then
> > soaked it in petrol for 2 hours, then a dilute
> > hydrochloric acid solution for about 1/2 hour (i tried
> > just ONE string at first) the results were amazing
> > really.....
> > Amery
> > Singapore (60-100% humidity)
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>     Maybe it's an old salesman's or old technician's tale, but I've always
> heard that any liquids that get on bass strings will make them buzz.  And
> experience bears this out somewhat in that many buzzing bass strings I've
> encountered have been splashed with water, Coke, beer, stain or finish at
> the factory, whatever.  HOW liquid causes a bass string to buzz, I don't
> know.  It probably doesn't always, but I never risk cleaning bass strings
> with liquids.
>     Comments from List?
>     --David Nereson, RPT
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> _One of our chapter members brought a newer (1990's) studio piano for a
tech
> session.  It had DEAD bass strings.  The members discovered that a soda
was
> sprayed into the piano form the treble end with most of the liquid
reaching
> the wound strings.  One member familiar with the problem, pulled a sample
> string out, washed it with soap and water, blew it off with compressed
air,
> applied MEK to the string to remove the water and blew it off again.  The
> results were a new sounding string.  He developed this process to service
> the bar/night club pianos with the occasional "beverages" spilled in.
>
> Paul C
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