Hi Pianoarts colleague I would indeed be interested in your offer but I have a question. If this cure for verdigris is as you state why is this not a commonly known remedy? Let's bottle it and sell it. Also what?where is the longest known surviving verdigris treatment stwy located and how can I verify this info. Believe me there are times when I wish there were a cure as occasssionally I come across a virgin action with unworn hammers that could still be used accept for the creeping green crud. In fact I have a set like that right now. Can you reveal the solution or send some that I could try? , Or I can send the shanks and flanges for treatment. Thanks-Best--- Dale Erwin ----- Original Message ----- From: "thepianoarts" <thepianoarts@home.com> To: <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2001 8:43 PM Subject: Re: too stiff > Hi Dale, > > Are you up for a challange? If you have some really bad verdigris flange's > (with shanks) please send them to me. I will treat them, and send them back > to you. (Found a long term treatment- not my discovery, Robin Huffords...Ft > Worth Texas Chapter...it works, long term, on nasty verdigris) > > Dan > > Dear List > > Nothing works for verdigris long term. Not protek ,not rebushing, not > > shrinking, silicine oil,not mineral oil ,snake oil or 30 weight motor oil. > > Been down that dead end road. Temporary solutions at best. > > > > Dale Erwin > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "thepianoarts" <thepianoarts@home.com> > > To: <pianotech@ptg.org> > > Sent: Monday, September 17, 2001 8:08 PM > > Subject: Re: too stiff > > > > > >> Hi Wayne, > >> > >> > >> Not mush verdigris on the pins? A little is way too much. If this is a > >> Steinway Upright, there are fluids that will disolve the verdigris. Post > > me > >> privatly, and I will visit with you about techniques that work. > >> > >> Dan > >> > >> on 9/17/01 7:35 PM, Wayne Hohle at wayne.hohle@sympatico.ca wrote: > >> > >>> hi there > >>> i appreciated your timely comments on sluggish centers and wondered of > >>> you could comment on this again for me. i'm dealing with an upright > >>> action that has several butt flange centers that stiffen up with just a > >>> bit of humidity. i had the action out to change some of the pins and was > >>> > >>> working on it in front of a patio door and the heat coming in was enough > >>> > >>> to solve a lot of the problem. as soon as the action is put back in the > >>> piano , in just a short time the centers tighten up. i put in a 25 watt > >>> > >>> dampchaser bar without humidistat for a few weeks , it did help but the > >>> customer still has some reason to complain. there is not much verdigris > >>> on the pins. > >>> what would you do? > >>> thanks if you could comment > >>> wayne > >>> > >>> > >>> > >> > >> > > > >
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