Oiled Pinblock

[jolly roger]

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Hi Wim,
             There is always the option to drill out the hole and plug, use
epoxy to secure. Bin thar' done dat', and 10yrs later it is still working
fine.
Regards Roger.

At 11:49 PM 7/2/01 -0400, you wrote: 
>
> In a message dated 7/2/01 8:07:03 PM Central Daylight Time,
tcole@cruzio.com 
> writes: 
>
>
>>
>> A long while back, I noticed that a tuning pin on a grand that I tune 
>> had suddenly lost its torque and apparently had been contaminated with 
>> valve or slide oil. I pulled the pin out, swabbed the hole liberally 
>> with lacquer thinner and drove in an oversized pin. 
>
>
>
> Tom 
>
> I am afraid that the oily liquid has penetrated the wood, and there is 
> probably nothing you can do to get it out, much less prevent it from
seeping 
> through the grain to the neighboring pins. Unless you are going to continue 
> to put in larger pins, there is nothing else that can be done. (maybe
this is
>
> a time for those tuning pins sleeves everyone is throwing away). One of
these
>
> days you're going to have to give the customer the bad news that the piano 
> needs a new pin block, just because of the a few loose pins. 
>
> Wim 




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