Slow Hammer Return

[Avery]

Not me! :-D

Avery

At 06:31 PM 6/3/2006, you wrote:
>Gee, I always thought it was important to clean 
>the tuning pins off before welding them 
>together..............(I hope NOBODY on this 
>list thought I was actually serious about using WD-40 on pianos!!!)
>robin
>----- Original Message -----
>From: <mailto:avery1 at houston.rr.com>Avery
>To: <mailto:pianotech at ptg.org>Pianotech List
>Sent: Saturday, June 03, 2006 7:13 PM
>Subject: Re: Slow Hammer Return
>
>Well, personally, I'd rather try olive oil than WD-40 as a lubricant. :-)
>
>I've seen the damage WD-40 can do to a piano. Especially when sprayed on the
>tuning pins to clean off the rust!
>
>Of course, I've also seen some of the damage 
>that those olive type drinks can do,
>too! :-D
>
>Avery
>
>At 05:57 PM 6/3/2006, you wrote:
>>
>>That might well be ture, James, but I seriously 
>>doubt that olive oil is going to replace good 
>>old WD-40 as the lubricant of choice....................
>>
>>robin
>>----- Original Message -----
>>From: <mailto:jimfrazee at msn.com>James H Frazee
>>To: <mailto:pianotech at ptg.org>Pianotech List
>>Sent: Saturday, June 03, 2006 6:52 PM
>>Subject: Re: Slow Hammer Return
>>there may be hammer return springs 
>>broken.  They come off when we  pull dropped 
>>mutes out of the action.  When that happens, 
>>most of us put them back in the slot most of the time....
>>
>>I have a super-long pair of tweezers (about 9") 
>>just for this purpose (originally bought to get 
>>olives out of jar without pouring juice in my, 
>>uh, beverage of choice.)  It's amazing how many 
>>pianos have this problem when first encountered.
>>
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