Yeah, I forgot about those grubby little stealth fingers. David Love davidlovepianos at comcast.net www.davidlovepianos.com -----Original Message----- From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of Ron Nossaman Sent: Friday, August 22, 2008 7:06 PM To: Pianotech List Subject: Re: Bass strings- David Love wrote: > Most methods of trying to clean them will simply ruin them. Someone > probably handled them poorly during manufacture or the copper sat around > a too damp environment before manufacture and started to oxidize. If > the customer is complaining and the piano is under warranty refer it to > the manufacturer. Likely they are not compromising the sound at all. > > David Love I have seen many a big purple sweaty palmed hand print appear on previously pristine bass strings of new pianos in dealers' showrooms, courtesy of legion passing touchy feelie secreters doing the "instinctive". This isn't a warranty issue. It's an electric fence and sniper justification. Ron N
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