At 09:33 AM 7/30/2005 -0700, you wrote: >Ron, that's really not helpful or funny. In this >entire exchange all I've wanted to know is if copper >content has been intentionally deleted from pins to >preclude verdigris from developing in action centers. I thought it was a pretty neat idea -- I wonder if this might help out some of those old Steinway parts? If Don is right, though, the crud is the crud is the crud, and it's in the wood because the whole part was dipped. But without the copper to mess up, perhaps rebushing might be enough to make the parts usable? (Not holding my breath ...) They were awfully pleasant parts otherwise, lightly built, nicely made, geometrically appropriate. It always seems a shame to toss them, and put in something heavier. Gordon, if you don't like copper, can you imagine the mess if the pins had been ferrous? Real rust, red rust ... but maybe stainless might do the trick. Pointing them wouldn't be all that easy ... Susan Kline
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