[pianotech] WD40 on pinblock

[David Boyce]

> I had a well-meaning cohort who thought it would be prudent to clean 
> all the rust off the tuning pin coils with WD40 and a wire wheel in a 
> Dremel tool.  It looked real pretty when he was done, but the pinblock 
> was ruined.  Pins that were already quite loose slipped their bonds 
> and went WAAAYYY flat.  The piano was untunable.  It had already been 
> doped AND treated with CA glue.  The WD40 finished if off.  Time for 
> new block and restringing.
> Trouble is, it's a no-name mediocre 5-ft. grand.  Barely worth it.
> --David Nereson, RPT

Ouch.  What a pity.  The situation will be the same here, if the 
pinblock is ruined by the WD40. The piano, though a Bechstein, is 
straight strung and 100 years old, and hardly of a value that would 
justify a new pinblock and restinging.

Best regards,

David.
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