John, Yes, good idea. This is a repair I haven't tried yet but you have given me courage. It should restore the proper feel to the pins. Thanks, Tom ps: The piano is in a jazz club and there was a telltale ring of oil on the plate after a concert featuring a brass player. Not proof positive but I wasn't willing to do the taste test. John Ross wrote: > > Hi Tom, > If it is only a few, drill the holes out and put in a plug of pinblock > material, as sold by Webb Phillips. Put it in with CA glue, which will act > as a barrier to the oil, and drill it for a #2 pin. > How did you know it was valve or slide oil? > Regards, > John M. Ross > Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada > piano.tech@ns.sympatico.ca
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