---------------------- multipart/mixed attachment --=====================_79388312==.ALT Dave, My guess would be condensation. Seems that the temperature was=20 lower than could hold the RH of the air. Greg Newell At 12:57 AM 2/13/2004, you wrote: >Listers, > >I had a tuning today on a brand new Kawai RX-3 6 foot 2 grand. The piano= =20 >has been in the house for maybe 3 months. It was closed up tight, but=20 >when I opened it, I saw that rust was already starting to form on the=20 >strings and on some of the pins. I was shocked, and was at a loss to=20 >figure out how this could happen, especially in a house with radiant=20 >heating(that's another issue). > >It is on caster cups on a painted cement slab floor, and there are no=20 >plants in the room. > >I had a few ideas, and I'm pretty sure I figured out the reason for this=20 >early oxidation, especially after talking to the rather freaked-out owner= =20 >tonight. > >So what, in your esteemed opinions, might this be caused by? > >Dave "rust never sleeps and neither do I" Stahl >--- >Incoming mail is certified Virus Free. >Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). >Version: 6.0.580 / Virus Database: 367 - Release Date: 2/6/2004 Greg Newell Greg's piano Fort=E9 mailto:gnewell@ameritech.net=20 --=====================_79388312==.ALT An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/a5/36/b3/11/attachment.htm --=====================_79388312==.ALT-- ---------------------- multipart/mixed attachment --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.580 / Virus Database: 367 - Release Date: 2/6/2004 ---------------------- multipart/mixed attachment--
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