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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Ted & List,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'> This is quite a stretch. You cite an example of
horribly improper use of any chemical and then condemn the use of one specific
chemical. This makes no sense to me. In your story you state that the WD-40 was
sprayed. Well, no control of application there, right? Second you state that
the elderly toner put the lubricant on the bridge itself. I should think even
the most common of sense should tell anyone that a liquid does not belong there
much less a lubricant. Of course you would find loose tuning pins and
problematic bridges. I should think you would with most chemicals that were
haphazardly <i>sprayed </i>on and on improper surfaces to boot. Seems to me it
was not the problem of a bad chemical but rather an uninformed choice of how
and where to use it.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D'>Greg's Piano Forté<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> pianotech-bounces@ptg.org
[mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Ted Simmons<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Sunday, February 17, 2008 4:37 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Pianotech List<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: Lubricating V-bar<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;
font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'>I started tuning in 1972, part time while
working another job full time. I did about 10 tunings per week because I
was the tuner for 2 piano stores. Anyhow, an elderly tuner died and I and
other tuners were getting calls from his customers. On every visit I
found the piano in deplorable condition in that all of the tuning pins were
loose and the bass strings were thunky. I’m talking about Steinway
and Chickering grands, as well as all other kinds of uprights and grands.
I had no idea why this was happening until one day I went to tune a piano at a
retirement club. When I found the same problem I mentioned this
situation to the club president and he said that he was present when the
elderly tuner started tuning the piano. Much to his chagrin he noticed
that the tuner was spraying WD-40 over the V-bars and bass string stagger
pins. He tried to stop him but it was too late. What I found was
that the piano (an upright) had loose tuning pins and thunky bass
strings. When I pulled up on one tuning pin and released the tuning
hammer the hammer moved back, having no friction at all. My lesson from
this is to stay away from using </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;
font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'>WD-40 on pianos. From past messages
on this listserver I found that others have had the same experience. I
don’t even keep WD-40 in my car anymore.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'>On Feb 17, 2008, at 3:14 PM, David
Boyce wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'>"David,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'>You misunderstood my comment.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'>Brush the schmutz off the v-bar-pin
where the new string will occupy. NOT<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'>the entire set.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'>Best wishes,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'>Tom Driscoll"<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'>Ahh, sorry Tom!<span
class=apple-converted-space> </span>I did in fact clean off the two bits
with a rough cloth before fitting the two new strings.<span
class=apple-converted-space> </span>But my concern was less for the new
string then for the old ones, and the idea of the WD40 "spot
lubrication" applied to all the bass strings at the V-bar was to try and
help prevent any more of the old ones breaking.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'>Best,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'>David.<o:p></o:p></p>
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