Sticking centers again

[Les Smith]

On Mon, 28 Sep 1998, Roger Jolly wrote:

> Hi Peter, 
>               If you try drying with a hair drier, it works in the majority
> of cases. If you have bent C/P's then thats another story.  Also some
> Korean products have a problem with plating that is causing the pin to
> bind, no amount of shrinking or lubrication will help, you will have to
> replace the centre pin to cure the problem.

In the latter case, there are those who will tell you that the fastest,
easiest, least-stressful and most permanent way of dealing with this
problem is simply to view its solution as one of R&R--you just RE-
MOVE the offending part and REPLACE it with a new one. In this case,
you remove the entire piano and replace it with something of higher
quality. Problem solved! At least that's what THEY say. :)

Les Smith