Strings and sealing wax, and other fancy stuph

[John Ross]

I think I saw it in a Fletcher & Newman catalogue, I had, back in the 70's.
I just looked up their catalogue, on line, and they have a Roslau Red, that is plated.

http://www.fletcher-newman.co.uk/catalogue/piano_wire_strings/index.html

It doesn't mention the tropics, and that is where I thought I got the idea, in their old catalogue.

If not to resist rust, why have the plated wire?

John M. Ross
Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada
jrpiano at win.eastlink.ca
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Wimblees at aol.com 
  To: pianotech at ptg.org 
  Sent: Monday, September 17, 2007 6:36 PM
  Subject: Re: Strings and sealing wax, and other fancy stuph


  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





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