Ron, I once ran into a piano years ago who a "local" tech (not Houston) had sprayed WD-40 on the tuning pins to remove the rust. After about 2-3 hours trying to tune it, I QUIT and told them that "I'd call them. Please don't call me!" Avery At 08:09 PM 6/2/04, you wrote: >>It's amazing to me that no one has mentioned what the letters >>WD stand for. It's Water Displacement, as in when your >>carburetor floods out! Otherwise, IMHO, WD-40 has no place >>within 10 miles of a piano! JHHO & flame suit on! >> >>Avery > > >Well, OK, but I'd prefer 20 miles. About the second year I was in >business, I did a service call for a dealer - a year old Yamaha with >sticking keys. The guy was right. Those keys would have stuck to just >about anything. The guy who did the dealer's tunings on new pianos had >hosed, sorry, HOSED down the interior of the piano (bass strings and all) >to "fix" a squeaking damper. Turned out, it was a damper lift rod hanger, >and it still squeaked, but the rest of the piano was a throw away. He >should have just dipped it. The piano would still have been turned into a >big patio candle, but at least he might have killed the squeak in the process. > >Folks, this stuff isn't even a lubricant, much less a lubricant suited for >use in a piano. It's all in the archives, in gory detail. > >.sgurd ot on yas tsuJ > >Ron N > >_______________________________________________ >pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives
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