Rusty and dull bass strings

[Kevin E. Ramsey]

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    Claudia;  Sounds really cool, from a technical point of view. It =
will be an interesting subject to follow up on. I wonder how long the =
effect will last?  I wonder if the CLR isn't just going to keep acting =
on them to the point that they become totally corroded? Keep us =
informed. Seems like an awful lot of work when a new set from Mapes =
doesn't cost that much, really.=20
    After being in this business for a while, you won't want to do this =
kind of labor-intensive work, and then you'll just see the situation for =
what it is and tell the customer (even if that customer is you, =
yourself) that they need a new set. In my opinion, that's what I'd do; =
you'll know that everything's going to be good from then on out.=20

    At least you're doing things to help yourself learn, and yes, that's =
a good thing. ( As the now infamous Martha Stewart used to say.)(Grin)
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    My best to you. I'm glad you're on the list.=20




Kevin E. Ramsey
ramsey@extremezone.com
  ----- Original Message -----=20
  From: Claudia Cimenti=20
  To: pianotech@ptg.org=20
  Sent: Thursday, July 11, 2002 7:24 PM
  Subject: Rusty and dull bass strings


  Hello List,

  What does an aspiring tech do who has nothing to lose? Experiment!!

  My old "guinea pig" upright has dead bass strings. Totally rusted. =
When you=20
  play them they just go "duh!"... I tried the "twist 'em" technique, =
but it=20
  did not help much.

  So tonight I took a bass string off and cleaned in CLR (yep, the =
"Calcium /=20
  Lime / Rust" cleaner you can get at stores such as Walgreens). The =
outcome?=20
  A shiny brand-new looking string that goes "roaaaaaaarrrr!".


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