<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1226" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY> <DIV>All the strings will be replaced on this piano. And the hammers, dampers. Pins are still very thight, I will wait until I get to look at the pin-block. The customer is on strict budget.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Marcel Carey, RPT</DIV> <DIV>Sherbrooke, QC</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr align=left>-----Original Message----- From: pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org]On Behalf Of Kurt Eichenbach Sent: 18 janvier, 2004 19:06 To: pianotech@ptg.org Subject: Re: Extreme bass string splicing </DIV>Wow, great photo Kent. I was thinking that removing the rust might help, if nothing else it would look better. So would I get my Pianotek solution and a toothbrush to clean off some of that rust? Or some other solution to remove rust? Kurt E. Begin forwarded message: <BLOCKQUOTE>From: Kent Swafford <kswafford@earthlink.net> Date: Sun Jan 18, 2004 5:17:37 AM US/Central To: Pianotech <pianotech@ptg.org> Subject: Extreme bass string splicing Reply-To: Pianotech <pianotech@ptg.org> <?smaller>Hi, this is a first for me. Came on a Baldwin M for re-whatevering. The piano was very close to a fire and is all dark but the string was still holding. Looks to me as a lot of trouble to avoid ordering and replacing a string.<?/smaller> </BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>