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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Hi David,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Just one little point. You say you put some VJ =
lube on the
wood</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>screws, before reinstalling them. In most cases =
this
should be ok,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>but I would not recommend any be used on screws =
that go
anywhere</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>near the pinblock, (i.e. pressure bar
screws).</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>The lubricant in some cases has migrated to the =
tuning
pins, and they</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>become jumpy.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Young-Chang had this problem, but they cover it =
under
warranty, either</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>by repairing with plugs, or actually replacing =
the
piano.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Regards,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>John M. Ross<BR>Windsor, Nova Scotia, =
Canada<BR><A
href="mailto:piano.tech@ns.sympatico.ca">piano.tech@ns.sympatico.ca</A>=
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<DIV><FONT size=2>Thanks, John. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV> VJ lube not being liquid or a spray, I doubt it =
creeps
much unless the temperature of the piano's upwards of 100 degrees, if =
then, and
I don't see how it could get from a pinblock screw to a tuning pin, but =
that
aside, I meant that I use it mainly on screws that get put in and =
taken
out often, like fallboard, keyblocks, keyslip, upright music desks, =
etc. I
wouldn't use it on "structural" screws like pinblocks, pressure =
bars,
keybeds, etc., unless they're going in really hard (and they usually =
don't if
the screw's already been in that hole). You don't wanna glop it on =
so that
it squeezes out and falls where you don't want it. But thanks for =
the
admonishment of using any kind of lube near tuning pins, from which I of =
course
refrain. --Sincerely, Dave
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