I'm sure it isn't nearly as bad as Coca Cola. At 07:13 PM 3/28/2009, you wrote: >Has anyone studied the long term effects of cupcake icing on steel >and brass action parts, especially damper springs and center >pins? I'm assuming the icing is the standard vegetable shortening and sugar. > >I found the dry, crusty remains of some sort of baked good with said >icing in a school console piano. I'm wondering if all greasy parts >need to be washed with naptha, or if the vanilla "lube" with >sprinkles is harmless? > >The surface solids have already been removed. All that remains is >some soaked-in grease on about 10 damper flanges and levers. I'm >just wondering if the springs will start breaking off and action >centers will start freezing up. > >Maybe I'll leave it as a long-term test specimen. > >Greg Graham
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