Rust

[Delton, Jr. Eason]

I thought the rust on the pin block was strange also. 
Upon close inspection, there is a metal plate across
the pin block.  It appears to have been painted gold.

Once I get the Damp-Chaser back in working order I
will update you on more specific details.

Thanks.


--- Wimblees@AOL.COM wrote:
> In a message dated Mon, 24 Dec 2001  1:03:05 PM
> Eastern Standard Time, "Delton, Jr. Eason"
> <dont_b_flat88@yahoo.com> writes:
> 
> > 
> > How does one remove the rust that has begun to
> > accumulate on the strings, tuning pins, and pin
> block
> > due to a piano being a high humidity situation
> (this
> > is a Kimball spinet piano that was moved from a
> dry
> > area (north Montana), placed in a house where the
> > washer and dryer are on the same floor as the
> piano
> > (open kitchen-dining-living room-into-den-type
> setup)?
> >  What's amazing is that the client has a complete
> > Dampp-Chaser system but doesn't have it plugged it
> > because they believed they didn't need for the
> area
> > they are in.
> > 
> > Merry Christmas to all.
> > 
> > D. Eason, Jr.
> > Eason's Piano/Pipe Organ Tuning and Repair
> > 
> 
> You can take some of the rust off the strings with
> steelwool or politte, but there is not much that can
> be done about the rust on the tuning pins. The rust
> can be taken off the surface of the strings on the
> tuning pins, but unless you replace the strings and
> the tuning pins, there is going to be rust inside
> the coils. And it is not worth it to do that on a
> Kimball spinet.  I have never heard of rust on a pin
> block.
> 
> Wim 
> 


=====
D. Eason, Jr.
Eason's Piano/Pipe Organ Tuning and Repair
Helena, MT
dont_b_flat88@yahoo.com

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