Protecting plain wire from rust

[Mark Schecter]

Tom,

Thanks for clarifying. Do you have any pianos that you've treated with 
Vaseline that have _not_ had humidity control systems? If so, was the 
Vaseline sufficient to keep them from rusting?

Thanks. By the way, where are you located?

-Mark

Tom Servinsky wrote:
> Mark,
> I think that I made myself very clear. Use a very min. amt of Vaseline 
> and work it into a cotton cloth. Simply wipe the string enough to coat 
> the strings. That's it.
> I also made it very clear there is absolutely no goo or gummy appearance 
> to the string. In fact there is no sign at all that the string is 
> coated. I can say that after 25 yrs of doing this on piano in the 
> tropics, the strings stay looking pristine.
> Keep in mind that we also use humidity control within the piano as well.
> As far as the Protek is concerned, this could be a very good R & D 
> project for someone, maybe like yourself, to begin a study and report 
> back to us your findings after 1, 5, 10, 20 yrs. Then we can figure if 
> Protek could be a good additive.
> My studies for my method, as of now, are complete and valid over a 25 
> yr. period with absolute success. Not that there are not other ways to 
> skin the cat, but this particular method does work with great success.
> To date, I have never had to go back and re-coat.
> Tom Servinsky