better/easier/faster, no. would it work? possibly. worth it, no... <grin> Point taken, Terry! When you right, ... you right!! Steve On Dec 7, 2005, at 6:04 AM, Farrell wrote: > Now wait just a dern-tootin' minute. You're gonner tell me that it > is better/easier/faster to remove an old bass string, boil it > (think about it!), and then put it back on the piano (coil-through- > agraffe and all), than to spend the $5.18 that Schaff wants for a > new replacement string and just install a new string? > > It just don't add up! > > Terry Farrell > > ----- Original Message ----- > >> I have played electric bass for 49 years in all kindsa bands and >> it is true, boiling dirty strings can make 'em brighter and get a >> bit more life out of them. It works better on round wound >> electric bass strings than on flatwound or "ground round", so I >> would imagine it would work to some extent on piano strings. It'd >> be worth a try as an alternative to restringing , if you could >> just get them all back on without busting the beckets on too many >> of them. >> >> Steve Borgstrom >> Coon Rapids, MN >> > >
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