When I used steel wool or worked on a piano that had strings that were cleaned with steel wool I was picking buzzing steel wool filaments off of strings for years! I only use Scotch Bright or a substitute ...
If I lubricate rusty strings and drop the pitch of each string before pulling it up I very seldom have strings break at the coil (a tension break). I regularly lubricate strings at the bearing points ...
Steven -- "... it is the dust that settles on the string that holds the moisture long enough to corrode." Never thought of it like that but this makes really good sense. Funny thing is I actually ...
Spring Cleaning, Part 2: Closer to Home
By David Stoneman, RPT
PTG President
Last month, I wrote about how the organization
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