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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>I have had nails and any iron alloy items rust just
because they were in the vicinity of a sealed jar of hydrochloric
acid. Man, what a mess this piano must be.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Gary Fluke</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Snohomish, WA</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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<A title=wimblees@aol.com href="mailto:wimblees@aol.com">Willem Blees</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=pianotech@ptg.org
href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> ; <A title=caut@ptg.org
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, November 02, 2007 9:24
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Unfortunate D/C
problem</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV><WBR>Rust isn't just where you can see it. It attacks all
metal parts, over, under, around and through. <BR>In addition to new
strings, and getting the bottom of the plate sandblasted, you might also
want to check the key pins, center pins, damper wires, key leads, trap bolts,
etc. etc. Sounds like someone owes the church a new piano.<BR>
<DIV style="CLEAR: both"><BR>Willem (Wim) Blees, RPT<BR>Piano
Tuner/Technician<BR>Honolulu, HI<BR>Author of <BR>The Business of Piano
Tuning<BR>available from Potter
Press<BR>www.pianotuning.com</DIV><BR><BR>-----Original Message-----<BR>From:
Ron Koval <drwoodwind@hotmail.com><BR>To: caut@ptg.org;
pianotech@ptg.org<BR>Sent: Fri, 2 Nov 2007 5:48 pm<BR>Subject: Unfortunate D/C
problem<BR><BR>
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Newer church piano - Dampp Chaser
I was just there 5 months ago... As I was tuning for a recording session, could
it be? Rusting strings? Pull out the flashlight, get up and walk around - yup,
even a bunch of "rust dust" settled on the soundboard.
It seems that the person in charge of filling the unit thought that ANY
de-scaler would be fine to use. Used the gallon jug of stuff for the dishwasher
and proceeded to add that with every fill up.
-gulp-
What a mess. I removed the D/C unit - hanger brackets just about rusted
through. Smart bars dissolved...
So, will the rust continue to attack? It had hydrochloric acid in it. Strings,
nose bolts, probably the bottom of the plate...
How much of the piano needs to be replaced? Yikes!
Ron Koval
Chicagoland
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