getting serious about methanol

[lance lafargue]

Ed,

If the stuff from the Pharmacy was PURE, it should do very little,
especially with no heat.  I wonder if they were just spongy and reacted
more than usual.  I can see where a less dense felt would have a different
reaction.  Did you try taking a couple off and easing them by pulling on
the shank/hammer while rotating back and forth.  Maybe a slightly sluggish
action just needed to be played/bushings compressed.  (just trying to think
of some possible reason for your unusual experience) Again, I used my usual
remedy on a Young Chang once and they did get too loose for no apparent
reason.  The more water you add, the more shrinking.  This is consistent
with _all_ I have read and experienced. Do you have access to the articles
I mentioned?  If not, I can snail mail them to you.  
LANCE LAFARGUE, RPT
LAFARGUE PIANO SERVICES
New Orleans Chapter
Mandeville, LA.
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> From: A440A@AOL.COM
> To: pianotech@ptg.org
> Subject: Re: getting serious about methanol
> Date: Sunday, July 04, 1999 6:40 PM
> 
> Ron  writes:
> 
> >Because it's the water that does the work. More water, more effect. The
> >alchohol is just the wetting agent that gets the water into the wool.
> 
> Greetings,
>     This isn't squaring with my results.  Straight methanol loosened up
the 
> bushings, many of them too much so.  I would not think there was any
water 
> worth consideration, since this was straight from the pharmacy to the
action. 
>  
> Wondering, 
> Ed