any new fix for an old problem

[thepianoarts]

on 2/24/01 12:58 AM, thepianoarts at thepianoarts@home.com wrote:

> Paul,
> 
> I have had good results with the following. Heat the area around the butt
> flanges with a 1875 watt hair dryer, until you have freed up the flanges. I
> use the nozzle which which came with the hair dryer. It flattens out the air
> stream, so as to concentrate the air toward the butts.  I keep the hair dryer
> in one position for maybe 30 seconds, and then move it.  This will cook out
> some of the moisture. Then douse with  V.M & P. naptha mixed with the silicone
> supplied by Baldwin.  Add the lube/solvent while the flanges are still hot.
> Especially in very sluggish flanges, It would not hurt to massage the flanges
> after applying the solution, before it evaporates. I hold onto a handfull of
> hammers, maybe 5 at a time, and pressing down gently, work the flanges. A
> little gentle side to side pressure seems to make sense too, while working
> them.  During this process, If any corrision is present on the pin, or mineral
> oil in the cloth, the solvent will help to disolve it. The Silicone lubes the
> bearing, and prevents more moisture from comming back.  This is a Baldwin
> recommended treatment, and their silicone oil, which is sold through their
> service department. ( At least it was about 5 years ago.)  You mix it with one
> gallon of V.M & P naptha.
> The heat applied prior to dousing, is a necessary step, in my opinion. I have
> used this method successfully for many years. This complete process should
> take 20 minuets. 
> 
> Dan Reed
> Dallas Texas Chapter
> 
> PS  It is important to get the solution onto each bearing. An eye dropper with
> a curved end, sold n any drug store can be useful, or the bottles with steel
> needle tips sold by the supply houses make quick work of this. I go between
> the dampers and the hammer spring rail.
> 
> 
> on 2/23/01 8:18 PM, Paul Kupelian at kupelian@Oswego.EDU wrote:
> 
>> Hi All,
>> Since my retirement from my institutional work, I have been "out in the
>> field" at some local colleges and schools.  A Baldwin 243HP action was
>> treated several years ago with Naptha and mineral oil, and now gets very
>> sluggish at times.  After I treat it with Protek, everything is fine for a
>> while.  Is there any way short of replacing parts, pins and/or flanges, to
>> drive out the mineral oil?
>> 
>> I'm hoping in time the Protek will, but I'm looking for more sage advice
>> from some of the old sages that have encountered the problem before.
>> 
>> Paul Kupelian, RPT
>> kupelian@oswego.edu
>>