[pianotech] WD40 on pinblock

[Ron Nossaman]

On 8/23/2012 4:37 AM, David Boyce wrote:

> It's funny how some people lack the wit to properly "diagnose", to
> actually listen for WHERE the squeak or creak is coming from, and treat
> THAT.

"Funny" wasn't the word that first came to mind, but yes. There seems to 
be some weird divining rod sort of intuitive mystical "knowing" that 
displaces observation, logic, and physical reality. I've been told 
dozens of times that science is faith based by people in the process of 
grilling me for infinite scientific detail which NO ONE has, on 
something they don't "believe" in the first place, and never will 
because they don't feel it. No contradiction there. Personally, I 
believe everything that can possibly be wrong with a piano originates in 
the casters.


>  One hopes there are not too many Doctors who work like the WD40 guys.

Hope is a wonderful thing - it's intuitive. The WD-40 guys just need a 
computerized expert system to do the diagnosis, like the doctors. Punch 
in the symptoms (ignoring what doesn't fit), choose from the resulting 
prioritized diagnoses, cross check that the treatment is on the 
malpractice insurance approved procedures list, and go for it.


> I suppose on the same general principle, if the piano was making
> something in the room rattle or resonate, the WD40 guy would just spray
> the whole entire room, walls, floor, and ceiling.

Oh no, they're specialists, experts even, and only work on pianos.

Must need breakfast...
Ron N