Thank you so much for sharing Jim. Dale F On Sun, 23 Jan 2000 16:19:26 EST JIMRPT@AOL.COM writes: > For those of you not getting duplicated text/HTML posts this is what > it looks > like on this end...........now watch AOL change it to plain text :-) > Jim Bryant (FL--------------------------------------- > > <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD W3 HTML//EN"> > > > <HEAD> > > > <META content=text/html;charset=iso-8859-1 > http-equiv=Content-Type><!DOCTYPE > HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> > > <META content='"MSHTML 4.72.2106.6"' name=GENERATOR> > > <STYLE></STYLE> > > > </HEAD> > > > <DIV>Joe I can help you with the sulfur (spelt > > sulphur here) problem. I live in a New Zealand city that is > plagued > with > > this problem in certain areas. I have written a comprehensive > article > that > > I can send to you as an attachment. Any others on the List are > also > > welcome to have a copy if they give me their e-mail address. > Brian > Holden > > <A > HREF="mailto:bholden@wave.co.nz">bholden@wave.co.nz</A> > > > </DIV> > > <BLOCKQUOTE > > style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 solid 2px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; > PADDING-LEFT: 5px"> > > <DIV>-----Original Message----- > From: > > Joe & Penny Goss <imatunr@primenet.com> > To: > > <A HREF="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> > <pianotech@ptg.org> > Date: > > Sunday, 23 January 2000 14:38 > Subject: sulfer > > vapors > > </DIV> > > <DIV>Hi,</DIV> > > <DIV>This is a new one for me.</DIV> > > <DIV>Called to tune a Kimball console about ten > > years old.</DIV> > > <DIV>All bass strings had a blackish green mark > > where the hammer and damper felt contacted the string. Much > darker and > more > > build up than I have ever seen before.</DIV> > > <DIV>In talking to the customer I believe that the > > strings are being corroded by an extreme amount of sulfer in the > drinking > > water ( farm well ) used for a small household of six.</DIV> > > <DIV>Another problem for the piano is the wood stove > > six feet away already causing bridge pin looseness! ARGG</DIV> > > <DIV>Any damp chase would further the corosion > > problem if outside water were not used.</DIV> > > <DIV>The corosion is so thick on the dampers that > > they all need to be replaced, and the crud removed from the > hammers as > > well.</DIV> > > <DIV>I see no solution to the problem untill a new > > sulferless source of water is found.</DIV> > > <DIV>Joe Goss</DIV> > > <DIV> </DIV> > > <DIV> </DIV></BLOCKQUOTE> ________________________________________________________________ YOU'RE PAYING TOO MUCH FOR THE INTERNET! Juno now offers FREE Internet Access! Try it today - there's no risk! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj.
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