Greetings all, I was asked to deal with a chronic problem on a 1998 Steinway L. "Sticking keys". The cause was excessively tight hammer flange centers. Being a warranty-eligible problem, I wanted to stay within their recommendation, so I called and was told to put one drop of methanol on each center and leave totally untouched for 24 hours. I did, and the hammers are once again swinging as they should. Now, I KNOW that if I had repinned this hammerline, I would have had no further problems, (at least so far imhe). However, the ease of the liquid diet has a lot going for it, and if the result is equally durable, it is a no-brainer. There were two prior visits by the dealer's techs, so it is possible that the methanol was already tried, and if so, I will be repinning this thing later. Who on the list has experience of using this straight methanol on the new Steinway's pinning? Thanks, Ed Foote (and I always wondered what they denatured alcohol with, it is this stuff! poison!)
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