Cleaning bass strings

[Gerald Forsburg]

LOL!!!  I was a bass player for years.  Never heard of this, but it
doesn't surprise me.  We bass players are a weird bunch.  The only
musicians that are weirder are the drummers.  Beware, some bass player
probably told you he boiled his strings on a bet with a drummer to see
if you'd actually do it - pianists are generally found to be pretty
gullible. <G> ;-)

Gerry

-----Original Message-----
From: pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] On
Behalf Of John Dorr
Sent: Tuesday, December 06, 2005 9:48 AM
To: pianotech@ptg.org
Subject: Cleaning bass strings

Hi all,

I read somewhere about electric bass players who boil their strings when
they 
get too grimy and they want to brighten up their tone.  I wondered if
anyone 
had ever tried that on piano bass (wound) strings?  I've also wondered
from 
time to time if it would be possible to clean bass strings with
ultra-sound. 
 Anybody know?

I am aware of the technique of running an overhand loop up and down a 
tubby-sounding string, and of giving the string a twist.  I'd love to
hear 
anybody else's tips on restoring at least some of the tone to old
strings. 
 Not all my customers can afford a re-stringing job.

Thanks,
John



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