Bass strings-

[David Love]

Yeah, I forgot about those grubby little stealth fingers.  

David Love
davidlovepianos at comcast.net 
www.davidlovepianos.com

-----Original Message-----
From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf
Of Ron Nossaman
Sent: Friday, August 22, 2008 7:06 PM
To: Pianotech List
Subject: Re: Bass strings-

David Love wrote:
> Most methods of trying to clean them will simply ruin them.  Someone 
> probably handled them poorly during manufacture or the copper sat around 
> a too damp environment before manufacture and started to oxidize.  If 
> the customer is complaining and the piano is under warranty refer it to 
> the manufacturer.  Likely they are not compromising the sound at all. 
> 
> David Love

I have seen many a big purple sweaty palmed hand print appear 
on previously pristine bass strings of new pianos in dealers' 
showrooms, courtesy of legion passing touchy feelie secreters 
doing the "instinctive". This isn't a warranty issue. It's an 
electric fence and sniper justification.

Ron N