It also depends very much upon the age of the instrument and where it has lived. Rusty tuning pins are quite common on older instruments particularly. 

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From: "Tom Roach" <[log in to unmask]> 
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Sent: Monday, September 26, 2016 7:23:38 AM 
Subject: Re: Rusty tuning pins 

Chris: You might check the wood from which the pin board is made. If 
it is Oak, which is an acid wood, there is not much you can do. Other 
woods, such as Maple are sweeter. You might also look at plated pins 
(chrome or similar). 

Tom Roach 
Waterloo, Ontario 
519 746 5324 
519 503 3806 

On 2016-09-26 06:37, Chris Vandekerkhove wrote: 
> Dear members, 
> 
> I recently changed some strings on a friend's harpsichord. Several tuning pins were suffering from corrosion. Is there some treatment for this? I already used some very fine grained sanding paper to remove the worst spots. The tuning pins are of the blank/shiny type. 
> 
> Have a nice week, 
> 
> Chris. 
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