<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=us-ascii"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1126" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY> <DIV><SPAN class=736195021-23012003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff = size=2>Hello,</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=736195021-23012003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff = size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=736195021-23012003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff = size=2>For those of you that use the special tip (originally made for Baldwin) with = a Palm Nailer, you have may be try to glue some cardboard, or some leather at = the extremity, to be cautious with the gold paint of the frame when = stringing (while I've noticed the tip is in fact not marring the finish really, if you go = quiet while "nailing").</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=736195021-23012003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff = size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=736195021-23012003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff = size=2>I've used a piece of tubular thermo retractile material, used for electricity = wiring isolation. The tube is thick at first, I make a kind of collar around = the Nailer tip, and warm the tube.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=736195021-23012003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff = size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=736195021-23012003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff = size=2>Then it takes a perfect fit around the edges of the metal tip, then, I cut = the part of it which is in the apertures that allow the tool to be used around a = string coil, and that's it, the end of my tip are now plastic covered, and less = susceptible to mar my nice piano plate.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=736195021-23012003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff = size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=736195021-23012003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff = size=2>I may say here that Danair people have been very efficient and helpful, while delivering me the Nailer, then sending me for free some goodies to use = it more efficiently. I have appreciate a lot their tool and the way they make business.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=736195021-23012003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff = size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=736195021-23012003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff = size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=736195021-23012003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff = size=2>Best regards to all.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <P><FONT size=2>Isaac OLEG<BR><BR>Entretien et réparation de pianos.<BR><BR>PianoTech<BR>17 rue de Choisy<BR>94400 VITRY sur SEINE<BR>FRANCE<BR>tel : 033 01 47 18 06 98<BR>fax : 033 01 47 18 06 = 90<BR>cell: 06 60 42 58 77 </FONT></P> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px = solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr align=left><FONT = face=Tahoma size=2>-----Message d'origine-----<BR><B>De :</B> = caut-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces@ptg.org]<B>De la part de</B> Richard Brekne<BR><B>Envoyé :</B> jeudi 23 janvier 2003 = 09:03<BR><B>À :</B> College and University Technicians<BR><B>Objet :</B> Re: Richard, = Isaac & euro-gunk<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>  <P>Mark Cramer wrote: <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE="CITE">I'm currently 'r&r'-ing the wips for an August-Forster action. The spring <BR>slots have an amber-colored, paste-like friction treatment which has left a <BR>greenish coating = on the springs. <BR> </BLOCKQUOTE>Never did figure out what that stuff = was. But you see it a lot on Eastern European pianos. I dont know how many = Forster uprights I've had to repin. Zimmermans also but to a lesser degree. I = have even seen this stuff show up in Tzech pianos. Not much to do if it = gets sticky but to either re-flange (use wood instead of that plastic stuff they = come with) or clean and repin the bushings. <BR>  <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE="CITE"> <BR>Wait, it's not as bad as you think. The = green stuff wipes off easily, the <BR>springs are shiny and smooth, and = slip freely within the groove. This action <BR>is eighty-years old, = though it looks brand new. <BR> </BLOCKQUOTE>I think the green you see is = standard green gunk... on springs lubricated with vasiline or some such = creative solution. Clean and use a better lubricant me thinks. <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE="CITE"> <BR>I see no reason to remove the gunk and = attempt to replace it with something <BR>else. I'd just like to know what it = is, and if indeed there are any concerns <BR>leaving it behind.</BLOCKQUOTE> <P><BR>That amber stuff usually ends up causing the action to frezze = up.  My only guess is that it is left over lubricant of some sort. <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE="CITE"> <BR>I'm sure those of you working with = European instruments will have an answer, <BR>especially Richard or Isaac. = <BR>  <BR><A = href="https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives"></A> </BLOCKQUOTE>= Cheers <BR>RicB <P>-- <BR>Richard Brekne <BR>RPT, N.P.T.F. <BR>UiB, Bergen, Norway = <BR><A href="mailto:rbrekne@broadpark.no">mailto:rbrekne@broadpark.no</A> = <BR><A = href="http://home.broadpark.no/~rbrekne/ricmain.html">http://home.broad= park.no/~rbrekne/ricmain.html</A> <BR>  </P></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>