I have heard that useing WD 40 in or near a piano can cause the bass string to go dead.It must be something to do with flurocarbons. Robin Olson RPT ----- Original Message ----- From: Clyde Hollinger <cedel@supernet.com> Date: Friday, December 20, 2002 6:03 am Subject: Re: Dead bass strings > Friends, > > I hope some of our gurus in the piano service field will elaborate > on the fumes > idea. I never heard before of fumes affecting a piano in any way. > > Ted: What kind of piano are we talking about here? Since it's in > the gym I'm > assuming maybe a cheap spinet or console, not a grand. I am > inclined to believe > the glue between the bass bridge and the apron left go since you > last tuned it, > or some other problem down there. But there's still an awful lot > about pianos I > don't know. (For sure!) > > Regards, > Clyde > > ted simmons wrote: > > > I've been tuning the 5 pianos in this particular church every 6 > months for > > the last ten years. Today I found the piano in the gym has > suddenly come up > > with dead bass strings. I reported it to the officials and > discovered that > > the room the piano was in (a large gym) had been painted since > my last > > visit. I explained how dangerous certain chemical fumes are to > piano bass > > strings but couldn't give them a list of which products to > avoid. Does > > anyone have such a list? > > _______________________________________________ > pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives >
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