<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=utf-8"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1561" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Try removing them, bundle them up, place in a 20 litre drum of boiling water with pure soap, remove after about ten minutes and hang them up to dry. The water evaporates quickly avoiding rust. This works in most cases.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>David Lawson Wangaratta Australia</FONT></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=reggaepass@aol.com href="mailto:reggaepass@aol.com">reggaepass@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> Saturday, February 02, 2008 9:54 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: cruddy bass strings</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV>Pumped up about how great all the brass hardware on his piano looked after polishing it, a client of mine went ahead and did the bass strings, too.  The only acceptable remedy on this fine European boutique piano was to replace the bass strings.  BIG oops! <DIV><BR class=webkit-block-placeholder></DIV> <DIV>Alan Eder<BR><BR><BR>-----Original Message-----<BR>From: <A href="mailto:A440A@aol.com">A440A@aol.com</A><BR>To: pianotech@ptg.org<BR>Sent: Fri, 1 Feb 2008 1:27 pm<BR>Subject: Re: cruddy bass strings<BR><BR> <DIV id=AOLMsgPart_0_d573a362-c9a3-40f2-bb28-d086244edc32 style="FONT-SIZE: 12px; MARGIN: 0px; COLOR: #000; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, Sans-Serif; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #fff"><PRE style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt"><TT> << A customer of mine has an old upright that the previous owner used brasso or something on the bass strings. It is encrusted between the windings. What can be used to clean these up? Is ammonia ok? >> No, it will simply waste your time and stink up the piano. You will have to either replace them, or take them loose and flex them around to loosen the crud before bringing back up to tension. Even then, it is iffy that it will help. Regards, Ed Foote RPT <A href="http://www.uk-piano.org/edfoote/index.html" target=_blank>http://www.uk-piano.org/edfoote/index.html</A> <A href="http://www.uk-piano.org/edfoote/well_tempered_piano.html" target=_blank>www.uk-piano.org/edfoote/well_tempered_piano.html</A> <BR><BR><BR>**************<BR>Biggest Grammy Award surprises of all time on AOL Music.<BR> (<A href="http://music.aol.com/grammys/pictures/never-won-a-grammy?NCID=aolcmp00300000002548)</HTML" target=_blank>http://music.aol.com/grammys/pictures/never-won-a-grammy?NCID=aolcmp00300000002548)</HTML</A>> </TT></PRE></DIV></DIV> <DIV class=AOLPromoFooter> <HR style="MARGIN-TOP: 10px"> More new features than ever. Check out the new <A href="http://o.aolcdn.com/cdn.webmail.aol.com/mailtour/aol/en-us/text.htm?ncid=aolcmp00050000000003" target=_blank>AOL Mail</A>!<BR></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>