Steinway upright verdigris

[BobDavis88 at aol.com]

David Love writes:
Sometimes spending the client’s money on the second best, even temporary, 
solution is necessary until such a time that the best solution can be considered. 
  
Sure, you're right. I didn't mean to sound as if I refuse to treat tight 
centers. In fact, an action is coming in to the shop in February for new parts, 
the centers of which I juiced (Protek) last year in order to buy some time for 
the owner to save up. However, I think some of us, in our [noble] desire to 
save the client money, aren't clear enough that this is temporary, and will be on 
top of the expense of an unavoidable parts replacement, and fairly soon at 
that. On a high-performance, multi-tens-of-thousands piano, most owners 
understand that anything less than the correct repair will result in inferior 
performance, so the sooner their hopes of a cheap solution are made realistic, the 
better. Certainly I commiserate with them, and if they need to choose an interim 
solution, I'll do it cheerfully.

I have been slow to try Goose Juice, because of my past experience with 
products with unpublished "miracle ingredients," which turned out later to have 
surprising side effects. Think of silicone-bearing polishes like Pledge, which as 
a refinisher I've learned to hate as the new finish fisheyes. Or Teflon. Or 
graphited centers. At least with a known substance like naphtha and mineral oil 
I might be able to deduce, "hmmm, that's going to gum up when it dries for a 
few years." Of course, if I know I'm going to replace the parts, I don't 
suppose it matters what I put on. I guess I'm being unreasonable. Okay, okay, I 
guess I'll try it....

Bob Davis
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