In a message dated 9/17/07 11:07:13 A.M. Hawaiian Standard Time, jrpiano at win.eastlink.ca writes: My understanding is that the tinned wire was mainly for 'tropicalizing' pianos. It would definitely be more rust resistant. John M. Ross Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada If there are "tropicalized" rust resistant wire out there, they haven't shown up in any of the pianos in Hawaii. Most of the ones I am tuning have rusty strings, some worse than others. Willem (Wim) Blees, RPT Piano Tuner/Technician Honolulu, Hawaii Author, "The Business of Piano Tuning". available from Potter Press. www.pianotuning.com ************************************** See what's new at http://www.aol.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20070917/201223ac/attachment.html
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