Verdigris

[Horace Greeley]

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Mary,

Ooops...another fat-finger day...my apologies.

Horace


At 03:30 PM 8/10/2004, you wrote:

>Hi, Mayr,
>
>At 02:55 PM 8/10/2004, you wrote:
>>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.
>
>It wasn't tallow.  It was paraffin, in which the hammer and whippen 
>support flanges were soaked.  This was followed by a liberal application 
>of whale oil, usually during the final "tone regulation".  This treatment 
>was used in the factory from very early on until some indeterminate time 
>after WWII (I've seen it in production instruments as late as the 
>mid-50's).  Yes, I know there are differing opinions on when these things 
>started and stopped.
>
>I fully concur with Jim (infra), by the way...the only real fix for these 
>parts is to throw them away and start over...anything else is an exercise 
>in futility and wasted time.
>
>Best.
>
>Horace
>
>
>
>>>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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