Unless, of course, it is a grand piano and you just charged the owner $2,500 to restring... Terry Farrell ----- Original Message ----- From: <A440A@aol.com> To: <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: Thursday, November 25, 2004 12:14 AM Subject: Re: rusted tuning pins to be used? > > << These were 'new in the box' at one time and never used but after > > sitting in a damp garage, they have a slight amount of rust, not much at all > just > > very small shallow spots. > > > Are these pins good for maybe old uprights or somthing, or should > > pins with even the smallest amount of rust never be used? How meticulous > > should one be with this sort of thing? >> > > Greetings, > I have never seen a rusted pin behave any differently than brand new ones. > Maybe if they were pitted, it would be a problem, but the rust is nothing to > worry about, imho. > Good luck, > > > > Ed Foote RPT > http://www.uk-piano.org/edfoote/index.html > www.uk-piano.org/edfoote/well_tempered_piano.html > > _______________________________________________ > pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives >
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