Cleaning bass strings

Steve Borgstrom orchman@comcast.net
Wed, 7 Dec 2005 16:07:36 -0600


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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