Richard Moody wrote: > > Well now that the name has come up, did S&S at some time really use a > wax on their bushings. I heard a technician claim this caused > verdigris that is common in some Steinways. > (I still think they were sprayed with WD when it first came out.) > Richard Moody Richard, S&S dipped all their center pins in mutton tallow which was about the consistency of mineral oil. It was basically an animal fat which contains water and other interesting contaminents that the brass turned "green" about. fyi Warren -- Home of the Humor List Warren D. Fisher fish@communique.net Registered Piano Technician Piano Technicians Guild New Orleans Chapter 701
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