Hi Mark, Interesting. I'm the one who made the original post here about that and the piano has now been restrung. So far, so good, but it'll be a while before I'll know for sure whether or not it's going to recur. But thanks for that information. Avery >I read with interest in December's PTG journal (yes I'm a slow reader) in >the Q & A section about a piano with strings rusting only on the long >bridge. > >There was a German grand in Sydney that developed precisely the same >problem. The piano tech suspected salt in the wood, but couldn't prove it. >After all sorts of denials on the part of the manufacturers, the owner in >desperation sawed off a chunk of the bridge with a pruning saw (!) to send >away for analysis. > >The response from the lab was that there was more salt in that timber "than >I'd put on my fries!" The manufacturer had to then concede that the it was >faulty material used in the bridge and paid for a new cap. > >Apparently when logs are sent down stream to be milled, the occasional one >gets away and heads into salty water. Being as valuable as they are, they >are rescued and still milled. Salt and all. > >Thought it might interest those who contributed to that thread. > >Now for the January edition! >Mark Bolsius ___________________________ Avery Todd, RPT Moores School of Music University of Houston Houston, TX 77204-4893 713-743-3226 http://www.music.uh.edu/
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