Ric, Several years ago we had a vandal break into one of our faculty studios and a fire extinguisher was discharged in the room. The two Steinway B's got a good bit of it. The newer one got a bit more than the older. This past semester I had to replace the strings on the newer piano as the strings started breaking a good bit. The powder is very corrosive. It is also very fine and hard to cleanup completely. I could see the rust develop much more than it should have and eventually the strings started to break. Anyone who cleans up the mess must wear proper protective gear as the powder is caustic and can cause respiratory problems. Regards, Don Donald McKechnie Piano Technician Ithaca College dmckech at ithaca.edu 607.274.3908 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/caut.php/attachments/20100512/b15739e6/attachment.htm>
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