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From Mike McCoy <mjmccoy@usa.com>

Had a weird one today. 1959 Lester spinet, average condition, been in 
the same heated/cooled home all it's life. The bridge pins and strings 
where they cross the bridge were rusted, bad. No rust of any sort 
anywhere else. Four strings were broken and missing when I arrived, the 
rust had severely corroded the strings at the bridge crossing and very 
wild strings everywhere due to the poor termination.

 Anyone run across this before on a bridge only?

Mike



Mike McCoy RPT
Langhorne, PA

From "Joe And Penny Goss" <imatunr@srvinet.com>

Mice!
Joe Goss RPT
Mother Goose Tools
imatunr@srvinet.com
www.mothergoosetools.com


                                                

					
                                                    

        
                                                
				
                                                

                                                    
                                                        
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                                                 Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike McCoy" <mjmccoy@usa.com>
To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Friday, November 03, 2006 9:32 PM
Subject: Rust - bridge only


> Had a weird one today. 1959 Lester spinet, average condition, been in 
> the same heated/cooled home all it's life. The bridge pins and strings 
> where they cross the bridge were rusted, bad. No rust of any sort 
> anywhere else. Four strings were broken and missing when I arrived, the 
> rust had severely corroded the strings at the bridge crossing and very 
> wild strings everywhere due to the poor termination.
> 
>  Anyone run across this before on a bridge only?
> 
> Mike
> 
> 
> 
> Mike McCoy RPT
> Langhorne, PA

From "Joseph Alkana" <josephspiano@comcast.net>

Yes. Mice.
Joseph Alkana RPT


                                                

					
                                                    

        
                                                
				
                                                

                                                    
                                                        
                                                        Original Message
                                                
                                                 Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike McCoy" <mjmccoy@usa.com>
To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Friday, November 03, 2006 8:32 PM
Subject: Rust - bridge only


> Had a weird one today. 1959 Lester spinet, average condition, been in 
> the same heated/cooled home all it's life. The bridge pins and strings 
> where they cross the bridge were rusted, bad. No rust of any sort 
> anywhere else. Four strings were broken and missing when I arrived, the 
> rust had severely corroded the strings at the bridge crossing and very 
> wild strings everywhere due to the poor termination.
> 
> Anyone run across this before on a bridge only?
> 
> Mike
> 
> 
> 
> Mike McCoy RPT
> Langhorne, PA
>