This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment "Thank you Greg Newell for your tip to use a lubricant -- would McCall's = VJ Lube do? It came with the course. Otherwise I will order Protek's = Center Pin Lubricant as you mentioned. Is it applied with a small paint brush = or something else? Also, I will follow your advice on checking whether the string has ridden up with the bridge pin." I would not use a paste such as VJ Lube. Use the CLP, it can't hurt = the tuning pins should some reach them. I use a small eye shadow = applicator; it's a sponge on a small stick. I just put the solution on = the sponge and then wipe the strings on first the back side of the = aggrafe and then on the front. And don't worry about the broken string. Sometimes even after all = these years I'll have a string break; not too often, mind you, but it = does happen. Yours probably happened because of water = damage/humidity/rust from the flooding the piano was involved in. If = you're using a "steady pull" method of tuning, that can sometimes = increase your likelihood of breaking strings. Try using the jerk method; = kind of a gentle snapping motion. That can prevent string breakage to a = large extent. Also, next time you move a pin and don't hear a change in = the pitch, stop and check everything immediately. Even the very best = technicians make mistakes. Glad to have you on the list. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/49/2a/f8/74/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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