Boy, between you and Wim, I just can't win today! :-) Avery At 04:22 PM 01/06/03 -0600, you wrote: >On Monday, January 6, 2003, at 03:38 PM, Avery Todd wrote: > >>Isn't that the era with the Verdigris problem? Does that price include >>replacing >>all the action parts? If I'm correct, of course! :-) >> >>Avery > >Some pianos with "green stuff" in the action parts have no problem at all. >As a matter of fact, >I have seen plenty of old Steinways with moderate "green stuff" that have >nice, firm pinning and tightness within normal ranges, wonderful. Without >the "green stuff" I'd wager those same actions would have "dry, fly-away" >centers with no friction at all, unplayable. > >It's hard to maintain an opinion that is so completely at odds with the >prevailing view, but there it is: "Green stuff" ain't necessarily bad; in >fact, sometimes its downright great. > >Kent Swafford > >_______________________________________________ >pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives
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