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<FONT FACE="Garamond"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:14.0px'>Hey, Dave,<BR>
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I had this condition on an old Steinway L last year. I removed the capstans and liberally applied Pin-Tite to each hole, then replace the caps. They’re still doing fine. I don’t do CA – allergies.<BR>
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Regards,<BR>
Ken Z.<BR>
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On 8/30/06 10:48 AM, "Porritt, David" <dporritt@mail.smu.edu> wrote:<BR>
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</SPAN></FONT><BLOCKQUOTE><FONT SIZE="4"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:16.0px'>Does anyone have a favorite (easy) way to fix loose capstans? We have a 6-year-old grand where the capstans are so loose that you can’t keep a good hammer line. Within a week of regulating it several hammers are back down on the rebound felts. None of the capstans are hard to turn and many are way too loose. Unfortunately this is from the 5-year-warranty company so I’m on my own with this one.<BR>
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dave<BR>
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</SPAN></FONT></FONT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:13.0px'>David M. Porritt, RPT<BR>
Meadows</SPAN></FONT><SPAN STYLE='font-size:13.0px'><FONT FACE="Garamond"> School of the Arts<BR>
</FONT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">Southern Methodist University<BR>
Dallas</FONT><FONT FACE="Garamond">, TX 75275<BR>
</FONT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">dporritt@smu.edu</FONT></SPAN><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"><FONT SIZE="4"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:16.0px'> <a href="mailto:dporritt@smu.edu"><mailto:dporritt@smu.edu></a> <BR>
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Ken Zahringer, RPT<BR>
University of Missouri<BR>
School of Music<BR>
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