Hmm that makes the parafin culprit less in whippen flanges, and even less in Jack flanges. So did Steinway use parafin only in hammer flanges. May I ask Steinway this? Also may I ask, did verdigris show up in Steinway hammer flanges before WD 40 hit the maket. (When was that?) Richard Moody ---------- > From: Keith McGavern <kam544@ionet.net> > To: pianotech@ptg.org > Subject: Re: Verdigris > Date: Saturday, February 14, 1998 4:57 AM > > Part of Richard Moody's post: > >...But what I want to know how come it is always the hammer flanges in > >this "one" brand of piano? Why not the whippen or jack flanges? > >Don't remember seeing it on the BL flanges either... > > Verdigris does show up on the wippen and jack flanges on some Steinways and > in varying degrees of sluggishness. On my experience with the older > Steinways I've serviced with verdigris, the hammer flanges seem to be the > area always affected, wippen flanges mostly, then jack flanges sometimes. > > > Keith A. McGavern > kam544@ionet.net > Registered Piano Technician > Oklahoma Chapter 731 > Piano Technicians Guild > USA >
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