Playing cards aren't just made for poker

[Stephen Papastephanou]

This suggestion is excellent. The problem is that it requires a lot of work,
since you probably would have to unhook it from the tuning pin, and getting
the coils back the right way is hard and a lot of work.
I suppose it could be done with effort, with the string attached to the
tuning pin. (you have to boil the string while attached to the piano to make
it easy).
I tried doing this on one string, and the results were similar to what I
described, loosening the string (two turns or less at the pin and unhooking
it fro the bottom) making a coil, running it up and down 3-4 times, and
finally cleaning the string with #3 wire wool. That way it takes very little
work. The results have been wonderful

S.P.

On 12/1/06 3:46 AM, "Karl kaputt" <karlkaputt at hotmail.com> wrote:

>> From: Stephen Papastephanou <spapaste at comcast.net>
>> As for the ketchup, this was a trick comment. No doubt this must be a sure
>> way to kill the bass strings.
> 
> I know bass guitar players who cook their string, not only for cleaning but
> also for sounding fresher. And it works very well! They put them in boiling
> water for a few minutes. Or in cold water with sparkling tablets usualy used
> for cleaning denture. I always wondered if that works for piano strings,
> too. Did anybody ever test this? I never head the heart to do dirty tricks
> like that. But it could be worth to experiment with that.
> 
> Gregor
> 
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