[pianotech] bearing point problem

[Scott Jackson]

I feel your pain! The only liquid  that i have used is Balistol. It's 
pretty good, but  how bad are we talking here? I have used emery cloth 
to clean rust off strings, but that was a newish grand with easy access. 
To really clean up an upright, you would have to loosen the pressure 
bar, which means lowering string tension, risk breaking screws, and lots 
of time. There may be no good option short of re-stringing.

Scott Jackson


Jonathan Golding wrote:
>  I put protec on
> the strings (where they touch the bearing point) but to no avail. I
> guess it wasn't enough to cut through all the crud which was
> preventing them from moving properly. Several years 
>