<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">If the tuning pins are only "a little loose" - a measured numerical value or at least an estimate would sure help - why would you even consider treating the pins with CA? I'm assuming that "a little loose" is not "too loose". What does "a little loose" mean?<div><br></div><div>Is it like being a little bit pregnant?</div><div><br></div><div>Terry Farrell</div><div><br><div><div>On Aug 22, 2012, at 5:28 PM, David Boyce wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite">
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<font face="Arial">Yesterday I visited a new client, a very nice
family who have a 1912 Bechstein model 10 upright, straight
strung. A music student lodges with the family during term time
and they wanted the piano ready for him coming back. There had
been another tuner some months ago.<br>
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What, I mused aloud upon taking off the top panel, was the strange
discoloration on the surface of the pinblock? I was then told
that the previous tuner had used WD40, applying it to the tuning
pin coils in case of any rust bonds.<br>
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My inclination would be to keep WD40 or any similar lubricant a
mile away from tuning pins. But hey, whadda I know? Perhaps this
other guy is more up-to-date than I?<br>
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What do you think folks? How "creepy" is WD40? Quite creepy, I
think, judging by how it's crept all over and into the surface of
the pinblock. And judging by how oily my fingers came to feel just
from slight contact as I lifted the tuning lever from pin to pin.<br>
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How badly is it likely to have crept down the tuning pins into the
holes? The pins felt a little loose but not outrageously
oleaginously so. Would CA treatment work, with WD40 present?<br>
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Best regards,<br>
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David.<br>
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