<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>RE: A remedy for Verdigris</title> </head> <body> <div align="left">Interesting. Won't the pin become a rather permanent feature of the whippen? Or, by coated, do you mean with Vasolene or something else the epoxy won't grab onto?</div> <div align="left"> </div> <div align="left">Maybe epoxy isn't the only answer: Aren't there a variety of wood sealers and waterproofing agents that might penetrate and seal the pores and veins in that wood?<br/><br/>Alan Barnard<br/>Salem, MO<br/><br/></div> <div align="left"> <hr/>Original message<br/>From: erwinspiano@aol.com<br/>To: pianotech@ptg.org<br/>Received: 3/14/2008 7:45:02 PM<br/>Subject: A remedy for Verdigris<br/><br/> <div align="left"> <wbr> </wbr> Hey all<br/> 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 <strong><u>Steinway wippens</u></strong> 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.<br/>  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. <strong>I thought the idea had merit.<br/></strong>  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. <br/>  How bout some discussion.<br/>  Dale<br/>  </div><font style="font: 10pt ARIAL, SAN-SERIF; color: black"> <div class="aol_ad_footer"> <hr style="margin-top: 10px"/> </div> <div class="aol_ad_footer">Supercharge your AIM. Get the <a title="http://download.aim.com/client/aimtoolbar?NCID=aolcmp00300000002586" href="http://download.aim.com/client/aimtoolbar?NCID=aolcmp00300000002586" target="_blank">AIM toolbar</a> for your browser. </div></font> </div> <wbr> </wbr> </body> </html>