On 11/9/07, John Delacour <JD at pianomaker.co.uk> wrote: > As to tallow used in moderation, I'm not sure this Steinway > experience should give it a bad name altogether. I doubt if a light > smear of tallow in the pins can do any harm and am cautiously > experimenting at the moment with a little pot of deer tallow I got > from a German supplier. Dunno if it's true, but I heard years back from my mentor that it was whale tallow, and the entire flange was dipped into it. Which offers a reasonable explanation why merely repinning doesn't permanently fix the vertigris problem. It's in the wood. JF
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