I think I saw it in a Fletcher & Newman catalogue, I had, back in the 70's. I just looked up their catalogue, on line, and they have a Roslau Red, that is plated. http://www.fletcher-newman.co.uk/catalogue/piano_wire_strings/index.html It doesn't mention the tropics, and that is where I thought I got the idea, in their old catalogue. If not to resist rust, why have the plated wire? John M. Ross Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada jrpiano at win.eastlink.ca ----- Original Message ----- From: Wimblees at aol.com To: pianotech at ptg.org Sent: Monday, September 17, 2007 6:36 PM Subject: Re: Strings and sealing wax, and other fancy stuph In a message dated 9/17/07 11:07:13 A.M. Hawaiian Standard Time, jrpiano at win.eastlink.ca writes: My understanding is that the tinned wire was mainly for 'tropicalizing' pianos. It would definitely be more rust resistant. John M. Ross Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada If there are "tropicalized" rust resistant wire out there, they haven't shown up in any of the pianos in Hawaii. Most of the ones I am tuning have rusty strings, some worse than others. Willem (Wim) Blees, RPT Piano Tuner/Technician Honolulu, Hawaii Author, "The Business of Piano Tuning". available from Potter Press. www.pianotuning.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ See what's new at AOL.com and Make AOL Your Homepage. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20070917/3a63257b/attachment-0001.html
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