A remedy for Verdigris

[erwinspiano at aol.com]

Hey all
?I know ...I know there is no remedy for verdigris ....?except a new parts transplant... but the other day my 83 year old Dad & I were looking a perfectly useable set of vintage Steinway wippens except for the mild case of creeping green crud so,?We were?lamenting having to toss a beautiful set of original Steinway wippens in the trash. We started brainstorming how we could solve this given the contamination is in the wood.? Now I know many of us have re-pinned & re- bushed ...put on new flanges?etc. & in the end all for nothing as it returns, But with a good set of wippens approaching 1000 bucks the idea has my attention.
??I told my Dad I was thinking about how to cut out the birds eye & then machine a new insert with birds eye & all. My thought was that if the new insert was put in with epoxy that this would act as a verdigris barrier from entering back into the new wood. Then My Pops says "why not just coat the existing birds eye with epoxy & slide a coated pin thru the hole to seal up the exposed inner wood which should prove de a barrier to any further contamination". Then pin on new flanges.?I thought the idea had merit.
? I mean for a few short hours of pinning & coating?an original set of beautifully made & machined? maple wippens could be preserved & re-used at any level of performance required.?
? How bout some discussion.
? Dale
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