<!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 6.00.2800.1491" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Having had a customer do the same thing = - they will have to be replaced.  We tried everything to remove the Brasso from = the windings and nothing was even close to satisfactory.  Save yourself = the aggravation and expense and replace them.  </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Steve Grattan</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Lost Chord Clinic</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></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=artc@gwi.net href="mailto:artc@gwi.net">Arthur = Chickering</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, March 08, 2005 = 10:12 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Brasso bass string = problem</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Dear List,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I have a customer who tried to clean = his Haines Grand piano bass strings with Brasso.  I have not seen this piano = yet.  He says that the bass strings after = application sound very bad and he wants to know what if anything, short of = replacing the bass strings can be done. I told him I had not seen this = problem before and that I would check with this list to see what ideas any of = you might have as a possible solution.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thanks,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Arthur Chickering  </FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>