This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment Geoff asked: "DMSO is applied directly to the skin, is it not? How would = that promote =3D rust in a piano?" Geoff, Yes, DMSO is applied directly to the skin. HOWEVER, the darned stuff = goes through the system and is expelled through the pores. You can smell = it and it permeates the whole house environment! One incident, I had, = was a lady was using it and had a nice Everett Conslole. Called me to = tune and trouble shoot some problems. When I opened it up, the whole = piano, (everything that was iron/steel) was a mass of RUST!! Yikes! = (said I) After some conversation, she told me she had the same problem = with her sewing machine! I took the piano into the shop for a thorough = de-rusting and restringing. One month after delivery, it started to get = rusty again!!! (even though I was very fastidious in the de-rusting, = etc.) I took humidity readings at the initial visit and on each one = after delivery. Nothing out of the ordinary was detected. I put a = damp-chaser in the piano and that seemed to slow it down, but not = completely eliminate it! BTW, DMSO was originated to clean metal, specifically steel. It does = that. In fact, it does it so well, that it makes steel, in normal = humidity conditions, extremely susceptable to rusting. Not a fun gig! I = v'e had other instances with that stuff. Because there is a Dr. at the = OHSU, medical facility, in Portland, who specializes in the use of DMSO, = there are probably more cases than I'm aware of, in this area. Regards, Joe Garrett, R.P.T. Captain, Tool Police Squares R I ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/06/ab/a8/a7/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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