jumpy tuning pins

[Roger Jolly]

Hi Vince,
               I would never have dared to try Protech, in fact I thought
some one was pulling our collective chains, If you were contemplating
changing the block, what did you have to loss. Could you please please keep
us posted over the next 3 months.
Regards Roger



At 07:25 AM 19/01/99 +0000, you wrote:
>We have here at BYU a 1976 Baldwin SD10 that has jumpy tight pins so badly
>as to render it nearly untunable (at least within a reasonable length of
>time).  We have tried  to loosen them up before (heat) with no success, so
>before I go to the trouble of replacing the block, I thought of this one
>last ditch effort.  We applied the Protek on the 11th of Jan., and I
>figured by Friday the Protek would not creep or otherwise wander but be
>"set up" by then, so obviously this hasn't withstood any length of time
>test.  We found that within the hour the pins were much less jumpy in
>general, and by the end of that week the pins felt about the same as they
>did on Monday.  Today I tested some of the ones that were most jumpy
>originally, and some were still a little too jumpy, but with a "steady pull
>hammer technique" I could get smooth action from the pin, whereas before, I
>couldn't.  However, I put 4 more drops on those that were still jumpy
>anyway, to see what'll happen.
>Vince
>vince@byu.edu
>
>At 06:25 PM 1/15/99 -0800, you wrote:
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>>Vince, as I frankly find Protek to be basically useless,
>>I am interested in how you came to this, and what results
>>you may wish to report...
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>>Thanks.
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>>Regards and Happy New Year to all.
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>>Horace
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Roger Jolly
Baldwin Yamaha Piano Centre
Saskatoon and Regina
Saskatchewan, Canada.
306-665-0213
Fax 652-0505