Protecting plain wire from rust

[Tom Servinsky]

Only if the felt string cover is installed in addition to the humidity 
control system can you be completely assured of no rust development. Having 
the dampp chaser system with no felt cover is like having a good air 
conditioning system with the windows open.
Tom Servinsky
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Farrell" <mfarrel2 at tampabay.rr.com>
To: "Pianotech List" <pianotech at ptg.org>
Sent: Sunday, March 26, 2006 5:57 PM
Subject: Re: Protecting plain wire from rust


> IMHO, the strings in a piano equipped with a properly operating DC system 
> will not develope rust. Have you monitored the RH of the piano interior 
> (is this an upright)?
>
> Terry Farrell
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> I have a customer with a 1919 Hazelton Bros. piano that I service 
>> regularly
>> that has rusty strings. The piano has had a DC in it for years. I 
>> recently
>> replaced it as the tank for the old one literally fell out of the piano.
>> Nevertheless, and in spite of the fact that the DC is functionally 
>> correctly
>> and is properly maintained, the strings continue to show increasing signs 
>> of
>> rust. Do you think that employing your Vaseline treatment to these 
>> strings
>> at this late stage might be beneficial? If yes, how would you go about
>> applying this treatment to strings already in the piano?
>>
>> -- Geoff Sykes
>> -- Assoc. Los Angeles
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