In a message dated 97-02-13 21:34:35 EST, you write: >I just serviced an Aolian, Metropolitan spinet at a Senior Center. > > It has repitition problems with many keys. > > I talked with a local tech here, Larry Messerly, and he said that >it could be the flanges and he dabs them with some type of powder using a >paintbrush, A paintbrush to dab all the flanges? Which flanges, and what is is painting them with? The correct answer to sluggish repetition is to repin, or even rebush, the wippen flanges. I have found that this is the only way to correct this problem. I have tried lubricating them with silicone, alcohol and water, and other center pin lubricants, but no matter what I try, the only real solution was repinning. Willem Blees RPT St. Louis
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