[CAUT] Protek and Sluggish Dampers

Conrad Hoffsommer hoffsoco@luther.edu
Tue, 22 Mar 2005 07:32:38 -0600


At 07:07 3/22/2005, you wrote:
>SSD.
>
>Tim Coates
>
>On Mar 22, 2005, at 6:52 AM, Ed Sutton wrote:
>
>>What kind of piano?
>>>
>>>Has anyone ever had dampers become sluggish after applying Protek to
>>>damper guide rail bushings?  I checked the archives for both Pianotech
>>>and Caut.  I don't see any mention of this happening.
>>>
>>>Tim Coates


Tim,

Had the rail been recently rebushed? The cloth might be swelling with the 
moisture and grabbing a little corrosion on the wire.  Did you try the 
umbrella stay or some other method of easing the bushing?



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