Hello Ron, When I had the opportunity to replace the much needed pin block on such a Steinway 'B' for a high school, I suggested only cleaning the plate. I was able to make a fairly good color match where some of the finish color was gone from spills and perhaps pin block restorer. This way we were able to retain the 'original, historical' finish of the period (1960..??). I often prefer to use the cleaning (sometimes waxing also) only method in much of my pin block replacement work. Although it won't have the same 'new look' some of the benefits are: Original, historic finish, No adhesion problems, No sanding mess and health hazard, No spray finish mess and health hazard, Less chemicals needed/used on earth Less effort and cost allowing more to be spent on other needs that can be heard or felt, In the case of a Steinway, no one can say that it is no longer a Steinway because the plate finish is not from Steinway! Jonathan Moberg, UW-Milwaukee -----Original Message----- From: caut-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of caut-request at ptg.org Sent: Friday, September 18, 2009 6:37 PM To: caut at ptg.org Subject: CAUT Digest, Vol 11, Issue 36 Send CAUT mailing list submissions to caut at ptg.org To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://ptg.org/mailman/listinfo/caut or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to caut-request at ptg.org You can reach the person managing the list at caut-owner at ptg.org When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of CAUT digest..."
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