I dunno Wim, 75 years with no problems, sounds too good to be true. 75 years could be considered "permanent". Care to amend that claim? ;-) Terry Farrell On Sep 15, 2009, at 10:46 PM, wimblees at aol.com wrote: > > Wim, > In my experience the repin repair is also a temporary fix. > Been there, failed there. > > Best wishes, > > Tom Driscoll > Tom > > I agree with you. The only reason I mention the repinning is for > temporary repairs, in cases where the customer doesn't want to pay > for new parts. > > Willem (Wim) Blees, RPT > > -----Original Message----- > From: tom <tomtuner at verizon.net> > Julie > > Verdigris is not mold. It is a chemical reaction between the parafin > wax Steinway put in the cloth and the nickel on the center pin. > Since this reaction took over 75 years to develop, you can repin, > and the problem will come back in 75 years. But, since the parts are > that old, it's probably time to replace the worn out parts anyway. > Willem (Wim) Blees, RPT -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20090915/181c16ab/attachment.htm>
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