<!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 6.00.6000.16525" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY id=role_body style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Arial" bottomMargin=7 bgColor=#ffffff leftMargin=7 topMargin=7 rightMargin=7> <DIV><STRONG><FONT size=3>I think I saw it in a Fletcher & Newman catalogue, I had, back in the 70's.</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT size=3>I just looked up their catalogue, on line, and they have a Roslau Red, that is plated.</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT size=3><A href="http://www.fletcher-newman.co.uk/catalogue/piano_wire_strings/index.html">http://www.fletcher-newman.co.uk/catalogue/piano_wire_strings/index.html</A></FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT size=3>It doesn't mention the tropics, and that is where I thought I got the idea, in their old catalogue.</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT size=3></FONT></STRONG> </DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT size=3>If not to resist rust, why have the plated wire?</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT size=3></FONT></STRONG> </DIV> <DIV>John M. Ross<BR>Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada<BR><A href="mailto:jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca">jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca</A></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=Wimblees@aol.com href="mailto:Wimblees@aol.com">Wimblees@aol.com</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> Monday, September 17, 2007 6:36 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Strings and sealing wax, and other fancy stuph</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV><FONT id=role_document face=Arial color=#000000 size=2> <DIV> <DIV>In a message dated 9/17/07 11:07:13 A.M. Hawaiian Standard Time, <A href="mailto:jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca">jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca</A> writes:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid"><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial color=#000000 size=2> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial size=3>My understanding is that the tinned wire was mainly for 'tropicalizing' pianos.</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial size=3>It would definitely be more rust resistant.</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV>John M. Ross<BR>Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada<BR></DIV></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV>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.  </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT lang=0 face=Arial size=2 PTSIZE="10" FAMILY="SANSSERIF">Willem (Wim) Blees, RPT<BR>Piano Tuner/Technician<BR>Honolulu, Hawaii<BR>Author, "The Business of Piano Tuning".<BR>available from Potter Press.<BR>www.pianotuning.com</FONT></DIV></FONT><BR><BR><BR> <DIV><FONT style="FONT: 10pt ARIAL, SAN-SERIF; COLOR: black"> <HR style="MARGIN-TOP: 10px"> See what's new at <A title=http://www.aol.com?NCID=AOLCMP00300000001170 href="http://www.aol.com?NCID=AOLCMP00300000001170" target=_blank>AOL.com</A> and <A title=http://www.aol.com/mksplash.adp?NCID=AOLCMP00300000001169 href="http://www.aol.com/mksplash.adp?NCID=AOLCMP00300000001169" target=_blank>Make AOL Your Homepage</A>.</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>