[pianotech] Speed drying treated flanges

[Michael Magness]

On Mon, Jun 8, 2009 at 4:45 PM, Paul T Williams <pwilliams4 at unlnotes.unl.edu
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> Me too...in a way.  I've always, when gotten to this point. replace with
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> Yeah, I've repinned plenty of actions, I'd just never done this shrinking
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> Hey Barbara,
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> Nice little set-up you have!  It looks very worker friendly.  Now if I
> could do the same with my shop ;>) (it's kind of messy right now!)
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> If nothing eases after 24 hours...bummer...repin!
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> Hi all,
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> I thought I had hit all these Wurlitzer/YC flanges with alcohol & water,
> but found when I started repinning the hammer flanges that there were still
> some pretty darn tight ones.  Hmm.  Maybe there's something wrong with my
> syringe technique or maybe these were super tight. Anyway, I really want to
> be done with this job, so I hit them again with the solution and have used
> my heat gun to help things along.  Here are the questions, do I need to wait
> to repin, how long to I need to wait to repin, is there any special
> technique for speed drying treated flanges?
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> BTW, here's a picture of my newly configured shoplette (the walkway through
> the laundry/furnace room).  Thanks, Del, for suggesting the bench legs and
> shelves.  It's a lot more comfortable working now.  Oh yeah, the keyboard is
> on a board that I place over the laundry sink (double size) for extra
> counter space.
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> Thanks,
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> Barbara Richmond, RPT
> near Peoria, Illinois
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 Hi Barbara,

I do this sort of thing all of the time, we seem to have a plethora of those
'70's vintage Worlitzers around here with the tight action centers. I use a
50/50 alcohol water mix. If they are real tight, like the one I just did, I
let time do the work and let them dry slowly over about 3 days in my shop.
My shop has 2 dehumidifiers running to keep it at about 35 to 40% RH.

If they aren't all that tight but still sluggish I'll treat them allow them
to sit a few hours to overnight then dry them with a blow dryer.

I have a heat gun but my concern is it may be TOO hot, could soften glue
joints or cause other problems(DAMHIK) that I've never experienced with my
trusty blow dryer($2 at a garage sale).


Nice little setup you've got there!

Mike
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Michael Magness
Magness Piano Service
608-786-4404
www.IFixPianos.com
email mike at ifixpianos.com
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