Bill Dowd used talcum powder with zither pins. It is worth trying.

> 
> Question to the assembly:
> how does one un-stick modern tuning pins mounted in a relatively new walnut
> pinblock? The problem I'm encountering here is that they go pretty heavily
> and tick-tick-tick, as opposed to just a bit tight. Not a nice thing for the
> weak-of-wrist. Micro-fiber wiping, or mounting the pins a bit higher up,
> helps for a few turns and then the stuttering starts again. Talcum?
> Graphite? Trained cockroaches? A prayer? Dynamite??
> Suggestions welcome,
> Tilman

>



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