A remedy for Verdigris

[Prof. Euphonious Thump]

Soak it out of the wood with brake part cleaner, or
lacquer thinner. ( Wear gas mask & goggles. )
Thumpe

--- Greg Newell <gnewell at ameritech.net> wrote:

> Dale,
> 
>                 I’m currently doing this job for a
> client on an “M”. I just
> took it in today. My question regarding your idea is
> “how much will the
> epoxy increase the size of the birdseye?”  Isn’t
> there a limitation between
> the ears of the flange?
> 
>  
> 
> Greg Newell
> 
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> From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org
> [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf
> Of erwinspiano at aol.com
> Sent: Friday, March 14, 2008 8:45 PM
> To: pianotech at ptg.org
> Subject: A remedy for Verdigris
> 
>  
> 
> Hey all
>  I know ...I know there is no remedy for verdigris
> .... except a new parts
> transplant... but the other day my 83 year old Dad &
> I were looking a
> perfectly useable set of vintage Steinway wippens
> except for the mild case
> of creeping green crud so, We were lamenting having
> to toss a beautiful set
> of original Steinway wippens in the trash. We
> started brainstorming how we
> could solve this given the contamination is in the
> wood.  Now I know many of
> us have re-pinned & re- bushed ...put on new flanges
> etc. & in the end all
> for nothing as it returns, But with a good set of
> wippens approaching 1000
> bucks the idea has my attention.
>   I told my Dad I was thinking about how to cut out
> the birds eye & then
> machine a new insert with birds eye & all. My
> thought was that if the new
> insert was put in with epoxy that this would act as
> a verdigris barrier from
> entering back into the new wood. Then My Pops says
> "why not just coat the
> existing birds eye with epoxy & slide a coated pin
> thru the hole to seal up
> the exposed inner wood which should prove de a
> barrier to any further
> contamination". Then pin on new flanges. I thought
> the idea had merit.
>   I mean for a few short hours of pinning & coating
> an original set of
> beautifully made & machined  maple wippens could be
> preserved & re-used at
> any level of performance required. 
>   How bout some discussion.
>   Dale
>   
> 
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