Hi Alan, I suggest that your choice of words was not quite on the ball. I think you 'beat the CRAP' out of them. Old bass string accumulate lots of dirt and gunk from the atmosphere and doing what you did, disposes of it all. I have always boiled the old bass strings using pure soap, prior to restringing, then give them a good rub with stainless steel wool, they come up as new both in sound and looks. David Lawson Wangaratta Australia ----- Original Message ----- From: <pianotech-request at ptg.org> To: <pianotech at ptg.org> Sent: Friday, February 09, 2007 11:46 AM Subject: Pianotech Digest, Vol 1284, Issue 71 > Send Pianotech mailing list submissions to > pianotech at ptg.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > pianotech-request at ptg.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > pianotech-owner at ptg.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Pianotech digest..." > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re Digest Vol 1284, issue 64 (John Ross) > 2. Re: Pianotech Digest, Vol 1284, Issue 64 (Avery) > 3. Dampp-Chaser prices (daniel carlton) > 4. Leonard Hanitchak (BRETT GLASS) > 5. RE: F. Kain & Sohn piano (ed440 at mindspring.com) > 6. Re: Pianotech Digest, Vol 1284, Issue 53 (Pianoman) > 7. Picture cropping - was spruce cutting. (alan forsyth) > 8. PianoDisc (Lance Lafargue) > 9. Re: plate miscasting (was "Fixing Plates" (Conrad Hoffsommer) > 10. Re: Re Digest Vol 1284, issue 64 (Avery) > 11. RE: plate miscasting (was "Fixing Plates" (Frank Emerson) > 12. Resurrections have been known to have taken place (alan forsyth) > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- > _______________________________________________ > Pianotech list info https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.441 / Virus Database: 268.17.31/676 - Release Date: 8/02/2007 3:04 PM
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