Verdigris

Mary Smith MarySmith@mail.utexas.edu
Tue, 10 Aug 2004 16:55:51 -0500


I think the tallow was used in the factory during a certain period. 
Gratefully, it didn't last long, but long enough to create many 
potential action rebuilds.

>I prefer new parts whenever feasible.  However, there are those times in an
>old piano when rebushing might be the appropriate thing to do.  Perhaps
>rebushing is also temporary, as Bob Davis said, but if it's still OK after
>25 years, and mine have been, I don't call that "temporary".  If a flange
>is saturated with tallow, or some other goop that someone has soaked it
>with in trying to lubricate it, you can bet your boots I'm not even going
>to try to rebush it.
>
>Jim Ellis  
>
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