spinet stickers

[Joe And Penny Goss]

Hi Bob,
 We may be talking about two diferent actions. Just a drop of Vodka on the
left or right will not travel across to the other side, thus easing the
cloth to that side.
The sticker type that I think of has a saddle of felt into which the metal
clip is snapped onto the wippen. The felt if too wide can cause binding of
the action center. And If the Stickers have been resting off center for an
extended time, they will have a memory to return to that place. If the felt
has been cut to the correct width, unsnapping the sticker and pulling the
felt ( it is not glued in ) and pinch roll the felt in your fingers. This
will change the fibers of the felt perhaps enough to use the same felt.
Joe Goss
imatunr@srvinet.com
www.mothergoosetools.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Robert A. Anderson" <fandango@dakotacom.net>
To: "Pianotech Digest" <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Wednesday, June 19, 2002 11:50 PM
Subject: re: spinet stickers


> Joe Goss wrote:
> "If the felt orients the sticker off center it is very simple to
> replace the
> felt with key bushing cloth. Sometimes the cloth is too wide and
> does not
> center the sticker. Sometimes I have solved a few by using 100
> proof Vodka
> to size the side of the sticker that is the tightest if removing
> the felt
> and massaging it does not work first."
>
> I don't follow you, Joe. The pin that snaps into the wippen is already
> bushed with cloth, not felt. When you suggest key bushing felt, is it
> that you want a thicker cloth than flange bushing cloth for a tighter
> fit in the wippen?  The cloth is just wide enough to span the distance
> between the ears of the sticker flange. I don't see what you mean by the
> cloth being too wide. Do you mean that if it is too wide to fit between
> the ears that it will bunch up somewhere and cause the sticker to sit
> crooked in the wippen birdseye? It certainly doesn't look that way. I
> don't understand how you can size one side of the sticker. If you appy
> vodka (or whatever) to any part of the cloth, it will distribute over
> the entire cloth and affect it uniformly. I guess I just don't get your
> drift. If you have the patience, try again.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Bob Anderson
>