This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment Hi Mike, Most likely if you examine the bushings closely, you are going to find nicotine tar contamination on the bushing felt.=20 Protech or Goose Juice might help the stickies for a while, but most = likely the problem will show up again in a few years. I would reccomend sizing the felt with water/alcohol 20/80. Then lube. Joe Goss imatunr@srvinet.com www.mothergoosetools.com ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Mike and Jane Spalding=20 To: pianotech@ptg.org=20 Sent: Friday, August 24, 2001 9:54 PM Subject: Smoke damage? List, Recent posts about smoke damage warned us that smoke is highly = corrosive, and it can take years for the full effect to show up in a = piano. On another thread, some of you shared methods for removing = tobacco smoke odors from pianos. Question: Can tobacco smoke damage a = piano the same way house-fire smoke can, if it is exposed for a long = enough time? I'm trying to estimate a "reconditioning" (read: "make it = play OK without spending too much") of a vertical that spent the first = 30 years of its 45 year life in the same small house with a heavy pipe = smoker (he smoked a LOT, don't know his weight). The piano and the = house no longer smell smoky, having had 15 years to air out. Also, the = piano was more or less not played and not serviced for the last 15 = years. Now the wippen flanges are so tight the hammers take about 5 = seconds to return, if they come back at all. So, is it safe to assume = that this is typical tight bushings, size and lube? Or is it likely the = smoke corroded the center pins, requiring repinning? thanks Mike Spalding ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/c9/1c/61/ce/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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