Just my speculation... Particles of steel wool or Scotch-Brite embedding in the windings?? You forced them in AFTER defubbomizing, then tried to simply rinse them off, but they're forced in. Just my speculation... Paul Bruesch Stillwater, MN On 6/27/07, gordon stelter <lclgcnp at yahoo.com> wrote: > > I just did an extensive house call on a 1941 Knabe, > 5'4". After removing the bass strings from the hitch > pins, and running them through the Defubbomizer, I > took my gray "Scotch-Brite" pad ( or was it 0000 steel > wool ?) and started to polish. But, after the first 2 > strings, a "birdie" told me not to! Then I flushed > them with brake part cleaner, hooked them back up, and > pulled to pitch. The 2 I polished were noticeably > duller in tone. ( So I gave the customer a discount. ) > Was it what I used, or will ANY polishing of bass > strings harm the tone ??? I won't do any more, until > certain. > Peace, > Thump > > > > > > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > Need a vacation? Get great deals > to amazing places on Yahoo! Travel. > http://travel.yahoo.com/ > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20070627/e30e114a/attachment.html
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