[CAUT] Steinway Technical

[Andrew Anderson]

Thanks for all the responses.

This keyboard was quite messed up.  I had to completely revamp the 
key height as it was different end to end and the key-frame was not 
bedded.  Amazing a piano can get delivered like this.  I did follow 
the flitz with ProLube.  I'll have to keep an eye on the "gummy" 
issue.  This is to become a yearly service for this piano.

Thanks to Fred Sturm on the fine-key-level method.  Much like the 
Yamaha method, I used my long one-needle voicing tool to lift the 
accelerating thingys.

Someone has probably done this already but I discovered that the 
ratchet for my close quarters screw driver works well to set the 
let-off on this piano.  Maybe a little tight getting on and off in 
certain positions but it sure beats pulling the action out.

Andrew Anderson

At 06:43 PM 8/1/2006, you wrote:
>Does Noxon leave residue as well?
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>--Cy--
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>----- Original Message ----- From: "Thomas Seay" <t.seay at mail.utexas.edu>
>To: "College and University Technicians" <caut at ptg.org>
>Sent: Tuesday, August 01, 2006 1:21 PM
>Subject: Re: [CAUT] Steinway Technical
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>>I learned something interesting from a class in Rochester by David 
>>Vanderlip. After polishing the pins with Flitz, he recommends 
>>cleaning the pin with naptha before applying McLube. This removes 
>>quite a bit of residue from the pin, which he says can become 
>>somewhat gummy if not removed. I'm not sure if the stuff that's 
>>removed is the "no residue" rust preventer or not, but there's sure 
>>a lot of it, whatever it is.
>>Try it and see how much gunk comes off the pins. You might be 
>>surprised. I sure was.
>>Tom
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