I have used CA only once and do not plan on using it again. As Mr. Foote mentioned the feel is different between CA treatment and Garfield’s. I prefer the Garfield feel. With the CA there was no “spring” left in the pin. And with poor rendering due to rust, which can be expected on a piano that needs the treatment anyway, I had to resort to flagpoling the pins in order to render the strings and the result was not as stable as I would have liked. Both types of treatment will make a piano tunable, but Garfield’s does not have the odor. One change I have made in the application is to rinse the coils with denatured alcohol after application to make sure that there is no glycerin left to attract moisture and promote rust on the strings. -- Regards, Jeff Deutschle Please address replies to the List. Do not E-mail me privately. Thank You.
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