<html> <head> <meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1"> </head> <body bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000"> <blockquote type="cite">I had a well-meaning cohort who thought it would be prudent to clean all the rust off the tuning pin coils with WD40 and a wire wheel in a Dremel tool.  It looked real pretty when he was done, but the pinblock was ruined.  Pins that were already quite loose slipped their bonds and went WAAAYYY flat.  The piano was untunable.  It had already been doped AND treated with CA glue.  The WD40 finished if off.  Time for new block and restringing. Trouble is, it's a no-name mediocre 5-ft. grand.  Barely worth it. --David Nereson, RPT</blockquote> Ouch.  What a pity.  The situation will be the same here, if the pinblock is ruined by the WD40. The piano, though a Bechstein, is straight strung and 100 years old, and hardly of a value that would justify a new pinblock and restinging. Best regards, David. </body> </html>