I always go for the water/alcohol fix first, as well. A couple of treatments may work better than one. Ryan On Sun, Jul 31, 2011 at 6:50 AM, Ron Nossaman <rnossaman at cox.net> wrote: > On 7/31/2011 7:25 AM, Tom Driscoll wrote: > >> Rob, >> Many of he Baldwin acros of the 60's -70's have chronic tight centers . >> My first test is to depress the left pedal , release quickly and watch >> for slow hammer return. Jacks centers can also be tight .I use the age >> old alc-water shrink-sizing method and it seems to provide a permanent >> fix. Give it overnight and test. Some use a hair dryer to speed things >> up but I'd rather see what the center will do on it's own. I then shoot >> some protek figuring it can't hurt to slick the center up. >> I realize that not every piano will respond ( I.E. center pin plating >> problem on the Samicks) but with this Kimball I would give it a try. >> It's easy ,cheap and will do no harm AND it might solve the problem. >> Just my take, >> Best wishes, >> > > I agree. Given the quality and worth of the piano, this is a sane approach. > Repinning the action is, I think, abusive to the owner if shrinking will get > you there. And replacing parts (the action) in nominals like this is way way > past cost prohibitive and far beyond sensible for any of my customers. I > must need dumber richer customers. <G> > > Ron N > > > -- Ryan Sowers, RPT Puget Sound Chapter Olympia, WA www.pianova.net -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20110731/0d020ac2/attachment.htm>
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