<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.6000.16414" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#d8d0c8> <DIV><FONT size=2>Actually, in an experiment on a piano about to rebuilt at NBSS, Protek was applied liberally to tuning pins.  Torque dropped a little in the short term, but was actually a little higher the next day!  (Right, David?)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>I'm a lot less panicked about it, now.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>--Cy--</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=anrebe@sbcglobal.net href="mailto:anrebe@sbcglobal.net">Andrew and Rebeca Anderson</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech List</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Monday, April 02, 2007 12:53 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Pin moves, pitch doesn't</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV>If problem is persistent in a section, treat the under felt-with Protek, no spills on the pinblock or pins please.  <BR><BR>Good Luck,<BR>Andrew<BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>