<!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 6.00.2800.1126" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi Tommy,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>For me it is the chemical reaction with = either the iron or copper. The creation of a patina on either surface that allows = the two to move separatly from the other, and in doing so causing loss of energy = muting the string.</FONT></DIV> <DIV>Joe Goss<BR><A href="mailto:imatunr@srvinet.com">imatunr@srvinet.com</A><BR><A href="http://www.mothergoosetools.com">www.mothergoosetools.com</A></DI= V> <BLOCKQUOTE 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=Bigeartb@aol.com = href="mailto:Bigeartb@aol.com">Bigeartb@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> Friday, December 20, 2002 = 7:59 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Mystery ... was = Dead bass strings</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT lang=0 = face=Arial size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF">Guys:<BR>     For the dumb = boy in Decatur, Ala., please explain to me how fumes 'kill' bass strings. I'm = not being ugly. I really want to know. Yes I know, most things spilled, = sprayed or squirted on the bass string will harm them but fumes???<BR><BR>Tommy Black<BR>Decatur, Ala.</FONT> </FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>