Strings for tropics

[Farrell]

What kind of heat tape are you referring to? The kind you put on a water
pipe (up north) to keep it from feezing? Where would you put that? Under
soundboard on rim? Never heard of doing such a thing. Might it not fry the
rim/soundboard glue joint?

Terry Farrell
Piano Tuning & Service
Tampa, Florida
mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Don" <drose@dlcwest.com>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Monday, September 11, 2000 3:19 PM
Subject: Re: Strings for tropics


> Hi,
>
> A woolen string cover from Laroy Edwards. And a full DC system beefed up
> with a full perimeter *heat tape*
>
> At 11:45 AM 09/11/2000 -0500, you wrote:
> >A customer will be returning to Equador(SA) and wants to take back a set
> >of strings tfor her technician to install. The bass strings were
> >replaced apparently not too long ago, but are showing corrosion already.
> >What recommendations do you have for strings and wire for this damp
> >climate? Is stainless steel available, or....?
> >Thanks for any advice.
> >
> >Terry Sheetz, Associate
> >New Brighton, MN
> >
> >
> >
>
> Regards,
> Don Rose, B.Mus., A.M.U.S., A.MUS., R.M.T., R.P.T.
>
> Tuner for the Saskatchewan Centre of the Arts
>
> drose@dlcwest.com
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>
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