At 10:52 AM 4/8/2006, you wrote: >Hi, Joe. > >Next time I have a piano that's slated for restringing, I'm going to >try coating some of the bass strings (and not others) with Protek or >GooseJuice. Are you talking about the windings on the bass strings? I hope not! Shudder! Avery >I would like to start testing whether it's possible to protect them, >like plain wire, from oxidizing, without destroying them. Thanks for >mentioning this. > >-Mark Schecter > >Joe And Penny Goss wrote: >>Hi Geoff, >>On old uprights it is quite easy with my micro thin oiler. Not >>quite as thin as my diabetic needles but close. Thick enough that I >>just feel the tip click along as I gently squeese out the Goose >>Juice. Which by the way does not seem to have done any harm to bass >>strings that I soaked about 3 years ago. No dust gathering on them either. >>Still I take the precaution to keep GJ from running onto the >>windings or damper felts by moping up with a rag as I go.
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