Universal Bass String Question

[Dan Reed]

Matthew,
..Only way to know is to put one on. Be sure to twist the wire and seat 
the tail at the hitch pin, to squeeze all the bite you can out of the 
potentially dead wire ...A Stainless steel or Brass brush can help get 
some of the corrosion / tarnish out of the coils...( brush 90 degrees 
to the wire)

I have not had good luck rubbing / cleaning Copper wound bass strings 
with 3M pads, which do an exceptional jobl on solid wire(beginning of 
the windings)...but tend to dull the finish of Copper wound strings.

Dan

On May 10, 2008, at 9:37 PM, jrpiano at win.eastlink.ca wrote:

> Use them as replacements, on clunkers, where the other bass strings 
> are lousy as well.
>  
> You know the type of piano that was given or bought for $200.
>  
> Just to keep them going, till they can afford another one.
>  
> Yes, there are some people that can't afford anything better for a 
> while.
>  
>  
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: Matthew Todd
>> To: pianotech at ptg.org
>> Sent: Saturday, May 10, 2008 11:17 PM
>> Subject: Universal Bass String Question
>>
>> I ran across some universal bass strings I purchased from Schaff 
>> about five years ago.  Some of them have rust on one or two windings 
>> here and there.  It's not too bad.  There are a few with a lot more 
>> than the minimal rust, so I will probably just chuck those.  Just 
>> wondering if I can salvage any of them for use.  A few of the strings 
>> have the rust at the beginning of the windings so I will probably be 
>> discarding that section anyway when I fit the string in the piano.
>>  
>> Can I still use the ones with small blotches of rust here and there?  
>> Or better yet, is there anyway I can clean them up?
>>  
>>  
>> Thanks!
>> Matthew
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