[CAUT] Humidity Damage

[Ron Nossaman]

On 1/4/2011 11:07 AM, Fred Sturm wrote:
> On Jan 3, 2011, at 9:28 PM, Gregory.Granoff at humboldt.edu wrote:
>
>> He always insisted that the factory literally dipped pinned centers in
>> a combination of mutton tallow and paraffin in those years
>
>
> That makes sense. The paraffin accounts for the stiffness/solidity of
> the bushing cloth, something in the tallow for the eventual stickiness.
> Seems like Steinway was after "firm and free" for a long time.

But then paraffin isn't necessarily a solid. Ballistol is largely 
paraffin oil, where in other parts of the world, paraffin is the name 
used for what we call kerosene.

I presume the factory hired the occasional immigrant at that time...

Ron N