Rusty strings at bridge

[Lance Lafargue]

If there is that much salt in the wood, I would think that with time and
changing humidity, there would be the POSSIBILITY of the salt leaching from
bridge, through the cap, to the strings again.
LANCE LAFARGUE, RPT
LAFARGUE PIANO SERVICES
New Orleans Chapter
Mandeville, LA.
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> From: Mark Bolsius <markbolsius@optusnet.com.au>
> To: pianotech@ptg.org
> Subject: Rusty strings at bridge
> Date: Saturday, March 06, 1999 12:04 AM
> 
> Hi List
> I read with interest in December's PTG journal (yes I'm a slow reader) in
> the Q & A section about a piano with strings rusting only on the long
> bridge.
> 
> There was a German grand in Sydney that developed precisely the same
> problem. The piano tech suspected salt in the wood, but couldn't prove
it.
> After all sorts of denials on the part of the manufacturers, the owner in
> desperation sawed off a chunk of the bridge with a pruning saw (!) to
send
> away for analysis.
> 
> The response from the lab was that there was more salt in that timber
"than
> I'd put on my fries!" The manufacturer had to then concede that the it
was
> faulty material used in the bridge and paid for a new cap.
> 
> Apparently when logs are sent down stream to be milled, the occasional
one
> gets away and heads into salty water. Being as valuable as they are, they
> are rescued and still milled. Salt and all.
> 
> Thought it might interest those who contributed to that thread.
> 
> Now for the January edition!
> Mark Bolsius