[pianotech] Verdigris - again

[David Love]

Yes, well that's the question.  Will it migrate from the butt to the
bushings in a new flange?  I'm not sure either way.  

 

David Love

www.davidlovepianos.com

 

From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf
Of Jon Page
Sent: Monday, November 09, 2009 3:12 AM
To: pianotech at ptg.org
Subject: Re: [pianotech] Verdigris - again

 

Changing the flanges is a waste of time. The vertigris is in the felt

and the wood surrounding it.

Is that actually true?  I know that rebushing the flanges is a waste since

the contaminants are in the wood of the flange but since the lubricant used

was originally in the felt of the flange bushing doesn't replacing the

flanges take care of the problem?  If not that presumes that the lubricant

continues to migrate out of the birds eye and I wonder if it was ever there

to begin with.  Anyway, I've not tried it but I wonder if anyone has done it

that way. 

 

I was thinking grand flanges. But even with changing upright flanges, the

vertigris is also in the butt and will again migrate out to the bushings.

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Regards,

Jon Page

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