[pianotech] Jumpy tuning pins

[Wesley Hardman]

Thanks for the reply.  I will let the list know the results.

On Mon, May 9, 2011 at 5:27 PM, Sig <throan at gmail.com> wrote:

> Let me know if you find a solution. Sometime if pins are way to tight they
> jump. I have hear of putting a drop of protex lubricant on jumping pins but
> have not tried it. Perhaps you could start out deluted on one or a few pins
> to see if it works.
>
>
> On Mon, May 9, 2011 at 4:10 PM, Wesley Hardman <hardmanwesley84 at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> Approximately 35 year old Wurlitzer spinet has jumpy tuning pins, making
>> it extremely hard, if not impossible to do a fine tuning.  Would it be
>> helpful to treat the pinblock with a restorer material such as Garfield's
>> Pinblock Restorer?  When I started servicing this piano, it had a
>> dehumidifier rod without a humidistat installed in the bottom, and who knows
>> how many years it had been operating.
>>
>> Wesley Hardman, RPT
>> Scottsboro, Alabama
>>
>
>
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