<HTML><HEAD></HEAD> <BODY> <FONT= size=2>Wouldn't hurt to get a string cover from= Edwards String Covers... David I. <FONT= size=2>  -----= Original message= ----------------------------------------> From: <<A= href="mailto:Wimblees@aol.com">Wimblees@aol.com</A>> To:= <<A= href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A>> Rec= eived: Wed, 9 Oct 2002 19:39:37 EDT Subject: Re: Smoke machine= deposits In a= message dated 10/9/02 6:21:01 PM Central Daylight Time,= drjazzca@yahoo.ca writes: <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px;= BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"= TYPE="CITE">Lots of pop shows in this hall, lots of smoke= machine. Windex takes it off. The strings/pins= appear to be building deposits. Smoke machines I am told= "use an oil base"  Any advice on string cleaning,= avoiding damage?  Anyone devised a cover to seal just= the tuning pin area to reduce pin & pinblock exposure?= Any related stories to tell?=          &n= bsp;          &= nbsp;    Cheers=           =           &nbsp= ;    Dave Renaud=           =           &nbsp= ;    </BLOCKQUOTE> Dave One= thing to remember, if you see oil and crud on the strings, then= that same stuff is in between the winding on the pins, in the= felt under the strings, in the agraffs, where the strings meet= the bridge pins, and around the hitch pins. There is no= wa Unless the piano can be hermetically sealed during the= show, there is no way to keep the "smoke" off the strings.= Sounds like a complete restringing job to me.= Wim </BODY></HTML>