TVAK, Try "sticker guide rail". Joe Garrett ----- Original Message ----- From: <Tvak@AOL.COM> To: <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: Friday, August 31, 2001 10:55 AM Subject: Re: RE: talcum powder!!! > > In a message dated 8/31/01 9:10:58 AM, doepke@fwi.com writes: > > << I have found some white powdery substance in side of a Gulbranson. It was > > especially prevalent in the tenor/high tenor area on the pressure bar. Is > > that a type of rust or something? It almost looks like talcum powder but > > with a greenish tint to it. Any ideas...anyone? >> > > This looks like it was intentionally applied to that wooden bar (someone tell > me what to call this thing!) that is over the capstans. It has little holes > with red felt bushings which the stickers protrude through. Each hole has > some white powder (which smells and looks like talcum) dusted in and around > it. I don't specifically see any white powder anywhere else, but I theorized > that it could have gotten into the hammer butt flange bushings making them > sluggish. > > I have used Protek CLP in eliminating sluggish flanges with great success, > but my specific concern was whether the talcum powder (if it IS talcum > powder) in combination with CLP might make things worse! (After all, if you > can mix water and flour and get paste, it's possible in my mind that CLP plus > talcum powder could make portland cement!) > > Tom Sivak >
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