On 3/16 Barbra Richmond wrote " Did Bob really say soak it? At CERS last fall he told me someone had used a small amount to help seat a damper. Maybe it depends on what the trouble is and/or the condition of the damper felt." Barbra, I called pianotek this morning and talked to Bob. For clarification, he used the words "Wet it,or dampen it" He also said "lightly wet it". For the record I'm sorry if I used "soak" (no sarcasm intended). I guess I could have thought out my description a bit better. I did try a few drops of it on a couple of damper bi cords on an old Kimball Consol. I cannot say how well it worked. I would think if there were any improvement, it might be noticeable the next day. I had a very old console action with a crispy mildew/saltwater coating on the damper felt. After I blew all the crud off with my shop vac, I lightly sanded the mono and bi cords with 250 grit sand paper. I just needled the flats to fluff em up. When I returned the action I must say it was greatly improved. I strengthened some damper springs in the bass and it got even a little bit better. I thought hey it's damping almost as well as a new three legged spinet!!! Again, sorry for the missunderstanding. Steve Blasyak Orange County Chapter Pura Vida . -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech_ptg.org/attachments/20090316/563cbd1b/attachment.html>
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