<HTML><HTML>Greetings,          I purchased a bunch of pian= o stuff from a gal who said she is getting out of it. There was alot of good= stuff for the price of it however there are a couple of boxes of questionab= le tuning pins.          First, there are pins that = have a slight amount of rust, not much at all just very small shallow spots.= Are these pins good for maybe old uprights or somthing or should pins with = even the smallest amount of rust never be used? How meticulous should one be= with this sort of thing?          Second, the tuning pins in = another box feel slightly oily. I think I am just going to take them to the = scrap. They could contaminate a pinblock couldn't they? Its so late Ju;ia GOttchall, Readong, PA</HTML>