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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> Claudia; =
Sounds really
cool, from a technical point of view. It will be an interesting subject =
to
follow up on. I wonder how long the effect will last? I wonder if =
the CLR
isn't just going to keep acting on them to the point that they become =
totally
corroded? Keep us informed. Seems like an awful lot of work when a new =
set from
Mapes doesn't cost that much, really. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> After being in this =
business for
a while, you won't want to do this kind of labor-intensive work, and =
then you'll
just see the situation for what it is and tell the customer (even if =
that
customer is you, yourself) that they need a new set. In my opinion, =
that's what
I'd do; you'll know that everything's going to be good from then on out. =
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> At least you're =
doing things to
help yourself learn, and yes, that's a good thing. ( As the now infamous =
Martha
Stewart used to say.)(Grin)</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> My best to you. I'm =
glad you're
on the list. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV>Kevin E. Ramsey<BR><A
href="mailto:ramsey@extremezone.com">ramsey@extremezone.com</A></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=claudia_cimenti@mail.com
href="mailto:claudia_cimenti@mail.com">Claudia Cimenti</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A =
title=pianotech@ptg.org
href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, July 11, 2002 =
7:24
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Rusty and dull bass
strings</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>Hello List,<BR><BR>What does an aspiring tech do who =
has
nothing to lose? Experiment!!<BR><BR>My old "guinea pig" upright has =
dead bass
strings. Totally rusted. When you <BR>play them they just go "duh!"... =
I tried
the "twist 'em" technique, but it <BR>did not help much.<BR><BR>So =
tonight I
took a bass string off and cleaned in CLR (yep, the "Calcium / =
<BR>Lime /
Rust" cleaner you can get at stores such as Walgreens). The outcome? =
<BR>A
shiny brand-new looking string that goes
"roaaaaaaarrrr!".<BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>