I have had nails and any iron alloy items rust just because they were in the vicinity of a sealed jar of hydrochloric acid. Man, what a mess this piano must be. Gary Fluke Snohomish, WA ----- Original Message ----- From: Willem Blees To: pianotech at ptg.org ; caut at ptg.org Sent: Friday, November 02, 2007 9:24 PM Subject: Re: Unfortunate D/C problem Rust isn't just where you can see it. It attacks all metal parts, over, under, around and through. In addition to new strings, and getting the bottom of the plate sandblasted, you might also want to check the key pins, center pins, damper wires, key leads, trap bolts, etc. etc. Sounds like someone owes the church a new piano. Willem (Wim) Blees, RPT Piano Tuner/Technician Honolulu, HI Author of The Business of Piano Tuning available from Potter Press www.pianotuning.com -----Original Message----- From: Ron Koval <drwoodwind at hotmail.com> To: caut at ptg.org; pianotech at ptg.org Sent: Fri, 2 Nov 2007 5:48 pm Subject: Unfortunate D/C problem Newer church piano - Dampp Chaser I was just there 5 months ago... As I was tuning for a recording session, could it be? Rusting strings? Pull out the flashlight, get up and walk around - yup, even a bunch of "rust dust" settled on the soundboard. It seems that the person in charge of filling the unit thought that ANY de-scaler would be fine to use. Used the gallon jug of stuff for the dishwasher and proceeded to add that with every fill up. -gulp- What a mess. I removed the D/C unit - hanger brackets just about rusted through. Smart bars dissolved... So, will the rust continue to attack? It had hydrochloric acid in it. Strings, nose bolts, probably the bottom of the plate... How much of the piano needs to be replaced? Yikes! Ron Koval Chicagoland _________________________________________________________________ Help yourself to FREE treats served up daily at the Messenger Café. Stop by today. http://www.cafemessenger.com/info/info_sweetstuff2.html?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_OctWLtagline ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Email and AIM finally together. You've gotta check out free AOL Mail! -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20071102/e18a3c81/attachment.html
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