Baldwin L rusty strings

[Richard Moody]

roaches, I only saw this once, but wondered why it wasn't more common. 
They crawl along the top of the bridge and pee or poo or what ever they
do.  It causes extreme oxidation and the strings break. on top of the
bridge.  This was in an upright... modern.  Something must have attracted
them there.  Maybe the worker had a tuna fish sandwich for lunch and
didn't wash his hands before going back to work.    They (roaches) like
grease.... Look for signs of them... 

----------
> From: Avery Todd <atodd@UH.EDU>
> To: pianotech@ptg.org
> Subject: Baldwin L rusty strings
> Date: Monday, June 01, 1998 5:37 PM
> 
> List,
> 
>    I ran into something today that I've never seen in almost 25 years of
> doing this type of work. Maybe I've just been lucky.
>    Anyway, I was called to tune a 2-1/2 yr. old Baldwin L. It had two
> broken strings, one on C6 and the other in the upper part of the tenor
bass
> string area. The unusual thing, to me, is that BOTH strings broke on top
of
> the bridge.
>    I discovered that the entire long bridge has this VERY rusty wire
ONLY
> on top of the bridge between the bridge pins.