Gunk buildup that gets into the windings and between windings and core. You can try the old string rolling trick, but if its re-ocurrent then something in the environment is feeding the strings with something they shouldnt have. Cheers RicB Phil Ryan wrote: > I had about 25 bass strings go dead (25 lowest) on a rather new Yamaha > C1 (15 y/o) in a lounge. I diagnosed it as someone spilling water > into the piano as there was no evident stain, discoloration, crack > visible and recommended replacing them.. Hearing everyone > recommending "washing" the wax off of bass strings (etc), I am > wondering if my diagnosis was incorrect. What could cause 25 bass > strings to go really dead with no apparent cause? > Phil Ryan > Miami Beach > > _______________________________________________ > pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives >
This PTG archive page provided courtesy of Moy Piano Service, LLC