too stiff

[Isaac OLEG SIMANOT]

Hello,

I guess we are lucky here in France but I've never seen any verdegis on pins
(anyway on any modern piano).
Beside, we generally used nickeled plated pins . Are they less subject to
this kind of corrosion ?

Isaac OLEG

> -----Message d'origine-----
> De : owner-pianotech@ptg.org [mailto:owner-pianotech@ptg.org]De la part
> de JIMRPT@AOL.COM
> Envoyé : jeudi 20 septembre 2001 19:46
> À : pianotech@ptg.org
> Objet : Re: too stiff
>
>
>
> In a message dated 19/09/01 11:52:15 PM,
> davidlovepianos@earthlink.net writes:
>
> << Why wouldn't rebushing work?  The verdigris, in my experience doesn't
>
> permeate the wood surrounding it.  The question there is whether or not it
>
> is a practical solution.  My answer has generally been no.
>
>  >>
>
> The 'common knowledge' answer is that it 'might'......... the
> flip side of
> the answer is that if the origin of what caused the verdigris to
> begin with
> is in the flange and not in the bushing cloth, per-se, that the
> vedigris will
> just come right back............Think inappropiate
> lubricants/waxed flanges,
> etc.
>  The reason that verdigris does not permeate the wood around it
> is that the
> chemical/electrical catalyst(?) of verdigris occurs only at the
> brass/felt
> interface.....however in some really bad examples of verdigris I
> have found
> traces of vedigris within the wood portion of the flange
> itself.................
> Jim Bryant (FL)
>