This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment Hello List Heat in all its forms has many effects in the piano world - both pro- = and con- . Obvious that too much heat in a room with a piano in it will = have devastating results. Take Old Folks Homes for example. etc. But = controlled heat whether it be by gas torch (I have a nice mini one in my = Harpsichord kit) or soldering iron can be a wonderful boon. All those = jack-button screws which always break off when regulating old pianos - = and likewise those dolly-tops for adjusting the touch in the old upright = are prone to seizure frome rust. Take your soldering iron and apply it = to the screw or wire and after a few moments.... magic takes over. Then = there's the other issue of centre pins being loose in the action part = which is supposed to be gripping the pin. NOT the flange bushings!!! If = you remove the pin, and with a very thin piece of wire, having first = dipped it into a bowl of water, run it through the over-size hole = making it moist within. Next take your soldering iron, to which you have = attached a piece of this piano string, and run the hole through! = Sizzzzle! it goes - and the looseness goes with it. You can even then = use the same size centre-pin as came out - always supposing the bushings = are not too tight! Screws in general respond to the heat treatment. = There's few things worse than breaking off half a head from a slotted = screw head deep down in the action. Another old "Organ Builder's Tip" - = Before trying to remove an old screw, apply a TIGHTENING force to it. He = maintained that the fibres of the wood remember the direction the screw = was last turning in. He may have something there! TTFN Regards from darkest Sussex-on-Sea Michael G (UK) ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/5d/1d/08/c1/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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