<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><br></div>WD40 applied to the pinblock?<div><br></div><div>Good idea. Why didn't I think of that.</div><div><br></div><div>Packing egg salad into keybushings is also a smart thing to do, sometimes.</div><div><br></div><div>Joseph</div><div><br></div><div><br><div><div>On Aug 22, 2012, at 5:39 PM, David Nereson wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0.8ex; border-left-width: 1px; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; padding-left: 1ex; position: static; z-index: auto; "><div bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000"><font face="Arial"><br> 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> <br> 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> <br>        <br> </font> </div> </blockquote></div><br> </blockquote></div><br></div></body></html>