I have had good success with Protek on BOTH sides of the agraffes, and also where they lay over the felt up near the pins. All the bearing points as a matter of fact. Then, I give my hammer a slight "up & down" motion BEFORE I turn the pin, and this usually helps quite a bit with rendering. Terry Peterson Los Angeles, CA Associate Member, PTG >From: Kristinn Leifsson <istuner@islandia.is> >Reply-To: pianotech@ptg.org >To: pianotech@ptg.org >Subject: Bösendorfer bass strings >Date: Thu, 18 May 2000 23:04:03 +0100 > >Hello, > > >We service a 275cm Bösendorfer in a concert hall. It´s only eight years >old but I have been noticing that the bass strings are very...timid. >I´m scared stiff when I start going down the bass since the tunings are >most often a few hours prior to the concert. The rendering starts being >very awkward on the first bass string, and all the way down. The rest of >the grand is fine. >What would you recommend regarding lubrication? Protek? >It has to look fine. >I also thought that maybe this was a problem with the tuning pins being >stiff but I´m afraid to pull them too hard. >Any comments? > > > >Kristinn Leifsson, >Reykjavík, Iceland > ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com
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