Verdigris on Steinway rails

John Musselwhite musselj@cadvision.com
Wed, 17 Jun 1998 13:04:38 -0600


At 10:13 AM 6/17/98 -0500, Lance wrote:

>cotton?  I've always seen the rails green too.  I just want to know what
>the consensus is on the rail reproducing the problem to some extent decades
>from now.  Thanks!

The factory "solves" the problem by painting the rails with gold paint
rather than leaving them natural, so that's one solution the factory
obviously endorses. I don't though. I'd rather see the verdigris on the
rail if it came down to it, since it's a symptom of other problems.

		John


John Musselwhite, RPT  
Calgary, Alberta Canada 
musselj@cadvision.com 



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