Thanks Ed & Horace for the comments. This sure beats building a climate controlled hanging weight cabinet. Are there any particular parts that you believe should be kept on hand? We are figuring on a few action pieces: 2 whippens 2 hammer shanks & flanges, & 2 checks etc. Andrew Anderson At 10:42 AM 5/12/2006, you wrote: >Hi, Andrew, > >I agree with Ed's suggestion. I have done essentially the same >thing, using a length of 4" sewer piping slung from overhead pipes, >in an auditorium basement for over 20 years. I keep sets for D, B, >and L in it, replacing individual strings in the set as they are >used. The average life of the strings is probably on the order of 5 >- 7 years (I've never really thought about it). So far, the average >number of duds has been no higher than using new-from-the-maker strings. > >Best. > >Horace > > >At 04:16 AM 5/12/2006, you wrote: > >><< Particularly we want to have a spare for each of the wound strings on >>an S&S D (particularly mono and bi chords). It is my understanding >>that wound strings are wound under tension and that if they aren't >>shortly returned to and kept under some tension will degrade to some >>extent >> >> >>Greetings, >> My logic and experience are both different. I have kept a set of these >>strings, unused, in a sealed PVC tube for the last 18 years at the school. >>Last year I needed one and upon installation, it looked and sounded like a >>brand new string. Carbon steel doesn't deteriorate unless it is >>stressed beyond >>its elastic limit, or subjected to corrosive influences. The copper , I >>think, does all of its resolution of stress instantly, since it is >>so malleable. >>When the string maker takes it off the winding machine, it suffers all the >>deformation it is going to. >> My suggestion is to simply put the strings in a straight, airtight, >>container and don't worry about it. >>Regards, >> >> >> >>Ed Foote RPT >>http://www.uk-piano.org/edfoote/index.html >>www.uk-piano.org/edfoote/well_tempered_piano.html > >
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