<!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 6.00.2800.1400" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <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">----- <B>Subject:</B> strings rusting = on bridge</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>A small grand I recently = serviced is showing severe rust/corrosion at bridge pins and across the = deck of the bridge. This is a 90 year old 5' Fischer that was restrung only 6 = or 7 years ago. It appears that no bridge work was done, i.e. new pins, = cap, ect. There is no corrosion anywhere else on the wire. Ideas as to what = would cause this? Bass strings are beginning to break at the front bridge pin. I = am not so concerned about this piano (too late) as I am in learning what caused = this for my own education.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Fenton Murray, RPT</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>    </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Mouse urine is my guess.The little = buggers use the bridge as a highway and make deposits along the way.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>    Tom driscoll</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>