[CAUT] Protek against string falseness

[Andrew Anderson]

A gentleman who attended NBSS told me about dousing a pinblock in  
Protek as an experiment on a piano they were tearing down.  Apparently  
it tightened up and became tune-able again.  I understand that it is  
water-based, which might have longer term issues for bass strings.

Andrew  Anderson

On Sep 11, 2008, at 6:03 PM, Richard Brekne wrote:

> Hi Ted
>
> Yes.  After so many years in the biz one gets to know a wild bass  
> string that isnt going to respond to removal, twisting, cleaning  
> what not with reasonable assuredness. Tho that said... I had done a  
> bit of that on some of the strings I've applied Protek on without  
> that having any real affect.
>
> Sometimes you can add a twist and it might help a bit... true  
> enough. But this seems to directly affect the para inharmonicity of  
> a bass string.
> What else it does is what I am looking for input on.  As well as  
> what effect protek has on bridge wood at the bridge pin.
>
> Cheers
> RicB
>
>   Hi Ric,
>
>   I sounds like you are not livening the bass strings first, is that
>   right? You are not removing an end and running a loose granny knot
>   back and forth to clean and "liven" the string? You are just adding
>   the Protek to the string in its existing condition?
>
>   Thanks.
>
>   Ted
>
>   Ted Kidwell, RPT
>
>