Soak it out of the wood with brake part cleaner, or lacquer thinner. ( Wear gas mask & goggles. ) Thumpe --- Greg Newell <gnewell at ameritech.net> wrote: > Dale, > > Im currently doing this job for a > client on an M. I just > took it in today. My question regarding your idea is > how much will the > epoxy increase the size of the birdseye? Isnt > there a limitation between > the ears of the flange? > > > > Greg Newell > > Greg's Piano Forté > > www.gregspianoforte.com > > 216-226-3791 (office) > > 216-470-8634 (mobile) > > > > From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org > [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf > Of erwinspiano at aol.com > Sent: Friday, March 14, 2008 8:45 PM > To: pianotech at ptg.org > Subject: A remedy for Verdigris > > > > 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 > > > _____ > > Supercharge your AIM. Get the AIM > <http://download.aim.com/client/aimtoolbar?NCID=aolcmp00300000002586> > toolbar for your browser. > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your home page. http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs
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