Terry, what does this mean? DAHIK! Paul -----Original Message----- From: Farrell <mfarrel2 at tampabay.rr.com> To: Pianotech List <pianotech at ptg.org> Sent: Fri, 3 Oct 2008 4:06 pm Subject: Re: repinning a Baldwin Hamilton Barbara - I was going to ask how long you let it dry. But it's implied here that it was short duration or maybe you tried a hair dryer? I have had very good luck with alcohol/water sizing. I don't worry too much about the percentage - about 50/50 - but if it doesn't soak in very well, I might up the alcohol and once everything is wet, maybe more water - but I have not found it critical. What I have found critical is to let the action centers dry naturally overnight - preferably a full day or two. 90+%?of the time it will work great - just make sure to get the action centers nice and wet. And be sure to not get water on other action parts - like hammer butts (DAHIK!). ? Terry Farrell ----- Original Message ----- From: John Formsma I usually just go for repinning because I know what my results are going to be and I have a pretty good idea of how long it will take.? But it would make sense, I guess, to give the water/alcohol sizing another try.? I haven't worked on many pianos?where sizing was an option. I usually have repinned also, but my experience prior to this was mostly field repairs where there wasn't time for drying. ?I had time to experiment on this action to find what solution strength worked best. And when sizing works, it's much faster. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20081003/5ac87b1e/attachment.html
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