rusted tuning pins to be used?

[Farrell]

Unless, of course, it is a grand piano and you just charged the owner $2,500
to restring...

Terry Farrell

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Sent: Thursday, November 25, 2004 12:14 AM
Subject: Re: rusted tuning pins to be used?


>
> <<  These were 'new in the box' at one time and never used but after
>
> sitting in a damp garage, they 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? >>
>
> Greetings,
> I have never seen a rusted pin behave any differently than brand new ones.
> Maybe if they were pitted, it would be a problem, but the rust is nothing
to
> worry about, imho.
> Good luck,
>
>
>
> Ed Foote RPT
> http://www.uk-piano.org/edfoote/index.html
> www.uk-piano.org/edfoote/well_tempered_piano.html
>
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