Julie Verdigris is not mold. It is a chemical reaction between the parafin wax Steinway put in the cloth and the nickel on the center pin. Since this reaction took over?75 years to develop, you can repin, and the problem will come back in?75 years. But, since the parts are that old, it's probably time to replace the worn out parts anyway. Willem (Wim) Blees, RPT Piano Tuner/Technician Mililani, Oahu, HI 808-349-2943 Author of: The Business of Piano Tuning available from Potter Press www.pianotuning.com -----Original Message----- From: KeyKat88 at aol.com To: pianotech at ptg.org Sent: Tue, Sep 15, 2009 3:47 am Subject: [pianotech] Steinway verdigris questions Greetings, ? ???? Is Steinway verdigris mold? ? ???? Is it better to repin or replace wippens in?a Steinway that has this? ? Thanks Julia Gottshall Reading, PA -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20090915/fc844bab/attachment.htm>
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