Jumpy Pins-Varnish

[Pianotoone@aol.com]

A few days ago thread on this list recommended using varnish in the tuning
pin holes to correct jumping tuning pins.  Several questions arise:

Do you replace the tuning pin immediately after swabbing the pin hole with
varnish?

Or do you let the varnish dry?

Do you also varnish the pins?

Do you drive the tuning pin back into the block (as is normal) or turn it in?
 Seems as if driving it in would scrape off the varnish on the sides of the
hole.

Assuming the pins were acceptably tight at the get go, do you still replace
with larger pins.

Piano is in really good shape except for this problem.  Not good enough piano
(spinet) to justify replacing the block.

Thanks to all

Dick Day
Marshall MI