boiled lindseed oil

[Mark Potter]

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Never having tried it, I guess you could say there is only one way to find out.  However, there are inexpensive remedies for this that are proven to have a high success rate, so why try to save $2-3 and likely ruin a pinblock that may have been salvageable?  I honestly can't conceive how boiled linseed oil could possibly be effective for loose pins, as it would seem more suited to use as a pin-driving fluid.  
   
  Is it possible the technician's words were somehow misunderstood?
   
  Mark Potter  

Avery <avery1@houston.rr.com> wrote:
  Personally, I wouldn't even try it on my own "piece of junk" piano. If the
pins are THAT loose, use CA!

Avery Todd

At 11:19 PM 2/10/2006, you wrote:
>Maggie,
>
>By all means, test this idea thoroughly before trying it on a piano. I was
>called to tune an old upright a couple months ago. Whole house smelled of
>linseed oil. The old oak piano fairly glistened, including the open-face
>pinblock. Totally ruined. Every pin spun down to zero tension, no grip
>left at all. They were going to experiment with flushing it with lacquer
>thinner or acetone, then doping with CA. If it worked, they would call be
>back for tuning. No calls yet.....
>
>Mike
>
>
> > [Original Message]
> > From: Maggie Jusiel 
> > To: 

> > Date: 2/8/2006 1:15:53 AM
> > Subject: boiled lindseed oil
> >
> > Hello All,
> >
> > My husband was taught by someone from the Baldwin company out of
> > Cincinnati. This person told him that he had used boiled lindseed oil
> > sucessfully to restore pin blocks. I'm going to experiment with this at
> > home, but wanted to know if anyone else had heard of or tried this...?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Maggie
> >
> >
> > Maggie Jusiel
> > Piano Tuner
> > Winds & Strings Teacher
> > PO Box 1234
> > Athens, WV 24712-1234
> > (304)952-8615
> > 
> > 
> >
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