<HTML><HEAD> <META charset=UTF-8 http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charse= t=utf-8"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1170" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #fffff= f"> <DIV> <DIV>In a message dated 12/19/03 8:42:30 AM Central Standard Time, fssturm@u= nm.edu writes:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue = 2px solid"><FONT face=Arial>Ron Coners and Eric Schandall say to use a ver= y tiny, controlled amount of <BR>methanol. Ron talks about applying it with = the end of an awl. The idea is <BR>not to wash out the teflon which impregna= tes the cloth. This doesn't <BR>actually lubricate, it just dissolves the te= flon a bit and resizes it to <BR>the pin. If you apply methanol in a "broadc= ast" method - just soaking <BR>everything - you are likely to end up with a = mess. At worst, next to no <BR>friction and spongy centers, or so I'm told. = (This is not from my own <BR>experience, but from various things I've heard = from various people.) And <BR>Protek has no noticeable affect, or very, very= little.<BR>Regards,<BR>Fred Sturm</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV> <DIV>I was going to work on the keys first, making sure they are free of any= friction. I was going to spray Teflon on the balance rail at both the top a= nd bottom, and spray the front bushing cloths. If there is still some fricti= on, carefully ease the bushings. Next I was going to spray the wippen cushio= ns. Last I was going to check hammer flange pinning. I do this by setting th= e action on a cradle, and doing the swing test, trying to get all the hammer= s to swing evenly. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I have, in the past, repinned those that were not giving me at least 5 = swings. I have, on occasion, used protek to loosen up the pinning. But = now you say I should use small amounts o methanol, instead of protek. What i= s the difference, and why?</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Wim </DIV></BODY></HTML>