The reason why technicians hesitate to replace individual strings rather than tie a knot and keep them is because new strings stretch, fast. Don't replace a broken string on a concert instrument just before the concert season if you don't have to. DAMHIK If you replace all of them they fall together, fast. If only a few, you will have wild unisons, fast. Re-stringing an upright is cost-prohibitive considering how little return you can likely expect on your investment. When rust gets thick/deep enough you can start getting nodes, ie single beating strings. It comes down to a cost/benefit ratio. Little rust, low piano value, and likely you will live with it. Higher piano value, rust causing string noise, ,,, Andrew At 01:54 PM 11/17/2005, you wrote: >I don't know, I just went in there and looked down inside and I >absolutely cannot tell for sure. But I am guessing that is >possible. Tell me how to tell. There is about an inch of space on >all of them where they had the other (what you call it) hitting and >it is clean there. It looks more goldish then silver to me. This >weekend with my husband home to help me I am going to closely look >at all the different things everyone has mentioned to consider that >could cause that sound in just one key. So I will look more closely >to see if they are gold. But if memory serves me right they looked >silver when he took the action out to replace the hammer. If it is >the original strings, and I think they are. Some have very small >amount of rust on them. I am wondering if just simply first, change >that string on that key. Then see if the noise goes away. Why >would my technician be so leary of removing those strings? I >mentioned to him the rust and pointed it out. I asked him if the >piano needed restringing. He said no. He said the rust is no >problem. Could they be gold and in good conscience he doesn't want >to remove them? Can you somehow just clean the rust off gold >strings? Does gold strings rust? >----- Original Message ----- From: "Jeannie Grassi" <jcgrassi@earthlink.net> >To: "'Pianotech'" <pianotech@ptg.org> >Sent: Thursday, November 17, 2005 11:58 AM >Subject: RE: Schomacker Inquiry > > >>Does it have gold-plated strings like the one I service? >>jeannie >> >>Jeannie Grassi, RPT >>Assistant Editor, Piano Technicians Journal >>mailto:jcgrassi@earthlink.net >> >> >>-----Original Message----- >>From: pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] On Behalf >>Of David Skolnik >>Sent: Thursday, November 17, 2005 6:57 AM >>To: pianotech >>Subject: Schomacker Inquiry >> >> >>Anyone have any experience with small Schomacker grands from the '20's? I >>have one needing complete rebuilding, though, from what little I can tell, >>it seems to have some potential. Question is, how much. >> >>Muchas thanks. >> >>David Skolnik >> >> >>_______________________________________________ >>pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives >> >> >>_______________________________________________ >>pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives > > >_______________________________________________ >pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives
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