This suggestion is excellent. The problem is that it requires a lot of work, since you probably would have to unhook it from the tuning pin, and getting the coils back the right way is hard and a lot of work. I suppose it could be done with effort, with the string attached to the tuning pin. (you have to boil the string while attached to the piano to make it easy). I tried doing this on one string, and the results were similar to what I described, loosening the string (two turns or less at the pin and unhooking it fro the bottom) making a coil, running it up and down 3-4 times, and finally cleaning the string with #3 wire wool. That way it takes very little work. The results have been wonderful S.P. On 12/1/06 3:46 AM, "Karl kaputt" <karlkaputt at hotmail.com> wrote: >> From: Stephen Papastephanou <spapaste at comcast.net> >> As for the ketchup, this was a trick comment. No doubt this must be a sure >> way to kill the bass strings. > > I know bass guitar players who cook their string, not only for cleaning but > also for sounding fresher. And it works very well! They put them in boiling > water for a few minutes. Or in cold water with sparkling tablets usualy used > for cleaning denture. I always wondered if that works for piano strings, > too. Did anybody ever test this? I never head the heart to do dirty tricks > like that. But it could be worth to experiment with that. > > Gregor > > _________________________________________________________________ > Express yourself instantly with MSN Messenger! Download today it's FREE! > http://messenger.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200471ave/direct/01/ > > > --
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