Puzzler: instant rust

Andrew & Rebeca Anderson anrebe@zianet.com
Fri, 13 Feb 2004 07:03:33 -0700


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Dave,
Do they cycle the temperature up and then down through the day?

Andrew
Las Cruces, NM
At 12:57 AM 2/13/2004 -0500, you wrote:
>Listers,
>
>I had a tuning today on a brand new Kawai RX-3 6 foot 2 grand.  The piano 
>has been in the house for maybe 3 months.  It was closed up tight, but 
>when I opened it, I saw that rust was already starting to form on the 
>strings and on some of the pins.  I was shocked, and was at a loss to 
>figure out how this could happen, especially in a house with radiant 
>heating(that's another issue).
>
>It is on caster cups on a painted cement slab floor, and there are no 
>plants in the room.
>
>I had a few ideas, and I'm pretty sure I figured out the reason for this 
>early oxidation, especially after talking to the rather freaked-out owner 
>tonight.
>
>So what, in your esteemed opinions, might this be caused by?
>
>Dave "rust never sleeps and neither do I" Stahl

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