rusted piano strings

[mccleskey112 at bellsouth.net]

Scott: I've had the same experiance. In my opinion it makes no differance. 
However, I think rust on the bass core wire is sudden death.
Gerald McC.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Scott Jackson" <scottwaynejackson at hotmail.com>
To: "Pianotech List" <pianotech at ptg.org>
Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2008 2:17 PM
Subject: Re: rusted piano strings


> In all this discussion, no-one has mentioned the rusty strings being a 
> cause
> of bad sound in the piano. I'm often amazed that pianos with really bad
> looking strings don't sound worse. Is this true, or am I deceiving myself?
>
> Scott Jackson
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Farrell" <mfarrel2 at tampabay.rr.com>
> To: "Pianotech List" <pianotech at ptg.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2008 2:23 AM
> Subject: Re: rusted piano strings
>
>
>> The life of the strings will be maximized by leaving the rust on. The
>> formation of rust on the exterior of metal provides some insulation
> against
>> the migration of oxygen to the unrusted metal. Removing the rust will 
>> only
>> expose the bare metal to the environment more and promote more rapid
>> oxidation.
>