[CAUT] Steinway verdigris

[Dale Erwin]

Hi Debbie
 I spell it Job security:)  I recently exhumed a box of old shanks from an attic at my prior residence after 15 years.  It probably got so hot up there it forced the verdigris out of the parts like a stream of green coming out of the pin area.  Fascinating!
 

 

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-----Original Message-----
From: DCyr141833 at aol.com
To: caut at ptg.org
Sent: Sun, Jan 9, 2011 8:11 am
Subject: Re: [CAUT] Steinway verdigris


Very interesting thread.  I appreciate all the collective wisdom!!
I come across a lot of Steinways with verdigris - and find that those that get played regularly don't seem to be as affected by it as those that sit unplayed for long periods of time.  Do any of you find it in your college or university pianos?
 
And though it is frustrating trying to work with the verdigris'd action, when you have a customer that has the available budget, verdigris can be spelled M-O-N-E-Y.  
 
Debbie Cyr
Registered Piano Technician
508-202-2862 cell 
 

In a message dated 1/9/2011 5:24:39 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, hgreeley at sonic.net writes:

Hi,   Roger,

At 08:11 PM 1/8/2011, you wrote:

>>It would be very   interesting to do some soil analysis of the land 
>>in and around the   plant in Astoria, especially around the old 
>>foundry.  When I   was first there (in the late 60's), even in the 
>>Summer time, the   ground around the foundry was crunchy from the 
>>build up of all the   nitrates/ites that had been dumped there.
>
>
>Don't dig too   deep X_{  You may turn as green as verdigris.  I would 
>bet   that site will be loaded with heavy metals.

Precisely...though, I   wouldn't be as concerned about verdigris as I 
would   cyanide....

Cheers!

Horace



 
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