<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2600.0" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT size=2>Wow- major successful experiment today.  Have = you ever had a half way decent old piano that you wanted to put a little = polish on?  You know, make it look good for a potential = buyer.  Some of this is easy.  Touch up the case, vacuum it real good, clean = the sound board, clean up the keys.  Maybe the piano sounds and = plays nice after some hammer reshaping and regulation, but AUGH!!  Those dirty = bass strings look horrible!  You will never get a decent price out of = this thing no matter how good it sounds and plays.  No fear...</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>Today I tried something different.  I used a = Dremel tool with a wire brush, </FONT> <FONT size=2>(one of those little = round ones).  I put the machine on a slow speed and headed = for the bass strings.  With little effort the old copper glowed like new = again!  I'm not kidding, like a new set of bass strings!  Of course you = can't get to the bottom side very easily and the procedure won't cure a set of = dead strings, but as for cosmetic enhancement this is the = ticket!</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>Rob Goodale, RPT</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>Las Vegas, NV</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>