I hope you didn't use too much, and definitely do not apply to the strings. There is a danger of the oil 'creeping' into the pinblock. If that happens, a new pinblock would be required. John Ross Windsor, Nova Scotia On 2010-09-27, at 12:17 AM, Greg Livingston wrote: > Dear Friends, > > Today I tuned a 1920's grand with really rusty strings. Not wanting to add to my troubles, I put a dab of 3 in 1 Oil at each becket and on either side of every agraffe with a Q tip. The piano was very sharp, and I break far fewer strings lowering the pitch compared to raising the pitch. Do you do this? I read once that you should put Liquid Wrench with a pipe cleaner at every becket, but I did that once and the whole house stunk for hours. Ergo, the Three In One. > > Also, for really rusted strings in a grand, have you ever wiped all the strings with an oily rag, just to reduce the chances of a broken string? It seems like a good idea but I await the judgement of my colleagues. > > Thanks, > Greg Livingston > > ___________________________________________________ > Gregory P. Livingston, Piano Tuning and Service 781-237-9178 > Piano Technicians Guild, associate member (Boston chapter) > Website- http://greglivingston.weebly.com > > > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20100927/2683e3a7/attachment.htm>
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