Richard, At 08:24 PM 2/24/97 -0800, you wrote: >List folks, > >I'm troubled about the statements being made about lubricating >pinblock-screws, or adjacent plate-screws, with soap or paraffin. > >Regardless of the actual causes which initially lead to (these) particular >tuning pins becoming loose, my question is, > >"Is it proper to lubricate a pinblock screw with soap, paraffin, or beeswax? > >I've always heard or assumed that it was safe. Am I wrong? > > This is sort of like asking 3 Talmud scholars to agree on 1 thing, you're liable to get at least 4 different answers. My personal practice is not to use anything. There are simply too many variables over which we have no control, so I work to try to control the things which make sense. Someone else posted re: the problems associated with certain pinblocks to begin with. Other factors will include everything from density of the wood when cut, drilled, etc., to drill size/speed, to the environment in which the piano live. Why introduce something you do not have to? Best. Horace Horace Greeley "There is a theory which states that if ever anybody discovers exactly what the Universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly disappear and be replaced by something even more bizzare and inexplicable. There is another theory which states that this has already happened." - Douglas Adams Stanford University email: hgreeley@leland.stanford.edu voice mail: 415.725.9062 LiNCS help line: 415.725.4627
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