[pianotech] Baldwin upright - bobbling hammers

[Joseph Garrett]

Ron,
I suspect that the "records" are no longer in existance....OR..those
"people" who were responsible for that crap ain't fessin' up.<G> Kinda like
the "Teflon" debacle thang.<G> Hmmmm? Seems to me that one DF was around
there during that time...or a little later? Perhaps he could enlighten
us.<G>.....Hmmmmmmmmm?
That's my take on it.
Joe


> [Original Message]
> From: Ron Nossaman <rnossaman at cox.net>
> To: <joegarrett at earthlink.net>; <pianotech at ptg.org>
> Date: 12/22/2011 9:10:20 PM
> Subject: Re: [pianotech] Baldwin upright - bobbling hammers
>
> On 12/22/2011 10:53 PM, Joseph Garrett wrote:
> > Ron,
> > We should have a contest in naming the stuff.<G>  (I refrained from
using my
> > exclamation point, because there are those who wish I wouldn't.)
> > I'll submit: Skunkfam. After all the stuff really stinks and sticks to
> > ya<G>! (oops, fell off the wagon already.<G>)
> > BTW, I've replaced a few of those with the sticky black crap whatever
it's
> > called. Really a pain to get that stuff off of the parts and get rid of
the
> > residual. I used several chemicals to get it off of the wood. Don't
> > remember which one did the trick, but my memory pads seem to say Lacquer
> > thinner. Any thoughts?
> > Joe
>
> Lacquer thinner is as good a place to start as any, or MEK. I've never 
> replaced any of the black sticky stuff because the action almost works 
> with it - unlike the hard Corfam. I still don't see why it's so 
> impossible to come up with a real name for the stuff though.
> Ron N