MANNERS AND PUZZLES

[oorebeek]

Subject:     Re: Knuckles
Sent:        11/9/96 12:19 PM
To:          pianotech@byu.edu, pianotech@byu.edu

Thank you William Bailer, since I am fairly new on the internet and =
not totally familiar with the rules, I make mistakes. Please correct =
me over and over, I'll learn!

Now regarding your puzzlement:
Of the below text the only line I am responsible for is :

On Fri, 8 Nov 1996, oorebeek wrote:

"Try spraying McLube on the bridge it mostly helps"

For those who are not familiar with McLube, It is a spray can with :
McLube Release Coating and Dry Lubricant 205 PS.
I got the tip about this Lubricant from one of your PTG-members a =
long time ago during one of my travels through the US.
McLube is very slippery and lasts a long time. It is excellent for : =
sliding of key frames, key pins, whippen bridges, repetition springs, =
damper threads.
It is especially dramatic in use on bridges! It changes key down =
weight by at least 2-3 grams and is dangerous for dynamics at the =
same time, so one must consider extra brilliance in advance!
If you do the springs as well, you loose another gram or two, if =
you're still too heavy do the keyboard pins. By now you will have =
lost 5-7 (or more) grams.
You're still "overweight"? take CLP for the center pins.
Now you will slowly float away. Take your voicing tools along!

I hope this clears up questions and remarks..


>Subject:     Re: Knuckles
>Sent:        11/8/96 6:44 PM
>Received:    11/9/96 10:46 AM
>From:        William Bailer, Wbailer@concentric.net
>Reply-To:    pianotech@byu.edu, pianotech@byu.edu
>To:          pianotech@byu.edu, pianotech@byu.edu
>
>On Fri, 8 Nov 1996, oorebeek wrote:
>
>>Try spraying McLube on the bridge it mostly helps
>>
>>>I have a customer with 25 yr old 'M'.  The knuckles are dense
>>>and make noise when the jack returns.
>>>Question: Can they be softened?
>>>Either by; ever so slightly stretching the buckskin with a small needle
>>>between that and the felt. Or using a small drill in the felt to relieve
>>>some of the density? ?
>>>Of course replacment would be best, but if it came to that; I'd
>>>recommend new s/f. This has the beloved teflon 'perma-click' action.
>>>I 'm trying to figure an easy way out for my customer.
>>>Thanks,
>>
>>Andr=E9 Oorebeek
>
>Andri,
>
>First, just a comment on message format.  You quote another technician
>but chopped off his name.  When you then place your new message at the
>top, the whole thing becomes a confused mess.  I realise that there are
>people here who defend that practice, but it is bad manners here on the
>net, and turns strings into mish-mash.
>
>Sorry for my "severity" about the message format issue, but I believe we
>need to conform to conventions that are "time-proven."
>
>Now for your comment, which I will quote again here (in chronological
>order!):
>
>>Try spraying McLube on the bridge it mostly helps
>
>I'm confused! I really don't know what you mean. Maybe you could
>paraphrase it for me? Honest, I don't have a clue!
>
>Bill Bailer
>
>\\\  William Bailer                              wbailer@cris.com
>\\\  Rochester, NY, USA                       phone: 716-473-9556
>\\\  Interests: acoustics, JSBach, anthropology, piano technology
>
>
>



friendly greetings from:

Andr=E9 Oorebeek
CONCERT PIANO SERVICE
Amsterdam, the Netherlands
email: oorebeek@euronet.nl

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