[pianotech] WD40 on pinblock

[Terry Farrell]

Perhaps. But one has to differentiate between musically worthy and financially worthy. Many pianos - especially many of the high-end old uprights are very much musically worthy of complete restoration/remanufacture, but very few folks that are willing to pay the $$. Sad but true.

Terry Farrell

On Aug 23, 2012, at 2:51 AM, David Nereson wrote:

> I would think a straight-strung 100-yr-old Bechstein would be an antique worthy of complete restoration.
> --David Nereson, RPT  
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> 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
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> Dale Erwin R.P.T.
> Erwin's Piano Restoration Inc.
> Mason & Hamlin/Steinway/U.S. pianos
> 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
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> 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.
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> Best regards,
> 
> David.
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