Boiling/treating bass strings

[Barrie Heaton]

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<12052594.1183146293707.JavaMail.root at mswamui-andean.atl.sa.earthlink.net
>, stuka at mindspring.com writes
>Just boiled one of the unisons on the Frankenpiano, #G24, a triple-string
>unison. Boiled it in a big pot 12-14" in. dia or so, in about 3" of water. The pot
>never did get to a big rolling boil,


Use to be done a lot in the 50's in the UK they used soda  it works
well I have done a full set out of interest,   but I would rather change
the strings theses days


Barrie ,
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