An Old Rust Becket

[gordon stelter]

I'd try backing down the pin to break the rust first.
But I did have a local "Tooner" swear that center pin
lubricant made the BEST pinblock restorer!
     ( You try it first.)
     Thump

--- "Alan R. Barnard" <mathstar@salemnet.com> wrote:
> Is it safe to put a drop of Protek on a rusty ol'
> coil? Hope so, 'cause I done did it.
> 
> Had a first today. Wonderfully nice old couple,
> wonderfully horrid old Cable upright. Made it work
> as a good-enough beater for their grandson to learn
> on. Tuned (up 120 cents to A435) despite flat
> hammers, old strings, a bit of action fixing and
> regulating.
> 
> Anyhow, the guy pulls out his NIkon and asks if he
> can take my picture while I'm tuning. Flash, flash,
> flash .... three shots. Fame at last. Now where's
> that fortune?
> 
> Alan Barnard
> Salem, MO
> 


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