[pianotech] WD40 on pinblock

[David Nereson]

I would think a straight-strung 100-yr-old Bechstein would be an antique
worthy of complete restoration.
--David Nereson, RPT


On Wed, Aug 22, 2012 at 7:21 PM, Dale Erwin <erwinspiano at aol.com> wrote:

> By the way...there is a guy in San Diego who has given the WD-40 or some
> form of lubricant treatment to what may be some thousands of piano. Yes, he
> has been sued and he has lost but still his thinking surely was derange.  I
> am replacing belly parts in a Mason A that got the treatment
> on the bridge ,block/tuning pin area, strings.
>  Killed the tone in an other wise healthy and  fairly young piano.
> Wow!
> Dale
>
> *Dale Erwin R.P.T.
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> www.Erwinspiano.com
> Phone: 209-577-8397
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: David Boyce <David at piano.plus.com>
> To: pianotech <pianotech at ptg.org>
> Sent: Wed, Aug 22, 2012 5:03 pm
> Subject: Re: [pianotech] WD40 on pinblock
>
>  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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