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<DIV><SPAN class=720412500-11082004><FONT =
face=Arial>Horace,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=720412500-11082004><FONT face=Arial>Were the jack =
flanges and
underlever flanges also treated?</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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face=Arial>jeannie</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>Jeannie Grassi, RPT<BR>Registered Piano =
Technician<BR>Island
Piano Service<BR><A
href="mailto:jcgrassi@earthlink.net">mailto:jcgrassi@earthlink.net</A><=
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face=Tahoma size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B>
caut-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces@ptg.org] <B>On Behalf Of =
</B>Horace
Greeley<BR><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, August 10, 2004 3:31 PM<BR><B>To:</B> =
College
and University Technicians<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re:
Verdigris<BR><BR></FONT></DIV><BR>Hi, Mayr,<BR><BR>At 02:55 PM =
8/10/2004, you
wrote:<BR>
<BLOCKQUOTE class=cite cite="" type="cite">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.</BLOCKQUOTE><BR>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.<BR><BR>I fully concur with Jim (<I>infra</I>), 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.<BR><BR>Best.<BR><BR>Horace<BR><BR><BR><BR>
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<BLOCKQUOTE class=cite cite="" type="cite">I prefer new parts =
whenever
feasible. However, there are those times in an<BR>old piano =
when
rebushing might be the appropriate thing to do. =
Perhaps<BR>rebushing
is also temporary, as Bob Davis said, but if it's still OK =
after<BR>25
years, and mine have been, I don't call that "temporary". If =
a
flange<BR>is saturated with tallow, or some other goop that =
someone has
soaked it<BR>with in trying to lubricate it, you can bet your =
boots I'm
not even going<BR>to try to rebush it.<BR><BR>Jim Ellis
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