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- From: stans@cwis.unomaha.edu (Robert Stansbury)
- Subject: Re: aging strings - is there a way to recycle
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- Organization: University of Nebraska at Omaha
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- Date: Sun, 3 Jan 1993 05:55:47 GMT
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- jtblair@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (John Blair) writes:
-
- >In article <uh311ae.724717039@sunmanager> uh311ae@sunmanager.LRZ-Muenchen.DE (Henrik Klagges) writes:
- >>Q: Strings age and need to be replaced. Ist there a way to squeeze more life
- >> out of them ? It seems such a waste to throw them away.
- >>
- >>Q: Do thinner strings age quicker than thicker ones ? It would be plausible
- >> given the higher tension.
- >>
- >>Cheers, Henrik
- >>
-
- >If you wash your hands before you play and clean your stings afterwards, yours
- >strings last longers. Dan Erlewin also has recommends using a "Blitz" cloth,
- >which is a cloth impregnated with hopefully harmless brass cleaner. You wipe
- >it again afterwards. (I'm trying it for the first time. It certainly takes
- >the tarnish off the strings, but it's also a bit of a mess, particularly
- >when the cloth is fresh.
-
- >john
-
- This is my first posting on any group, hope it works out ok. I read an
- article in a "Guitar: For the practicing musician" that said Eddie Van
- Halen boils his strings to keep them clean. Somewhat off the wall, but
- what do you have to lose. The article appeared a couple years back, but
- if you are interested, I can try to find it. I seem to have collected
- many of those mags over the years.
-
- Robert V. Stansbury
- stans@cwis.unomaha.edu
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