(no subject)silicones

[James Grebe]

Hi All,
The best is when the lady of the house takes her can of Pledge and aims
generally toward the music rack on a grand.  You know what is under the
rack.
            James Grebe
R.P.T. and M.P.T.
 from St. Louis
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                  Creator of:
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                  and
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E.T.A.     April, 1999
-----Original Message-----
From: Newton Hunt +ADw-nhunt+AEA-jagat.com+AD4-
To: Conrad Hoffsommer +ADw-hoffsoco+AEA-martin.luther.edu+AD4AOw- pianotech+AEA-ptg.org
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Date: Thursday, February 18, 1999 11:19 AM
Subject: (no subject)


+AD4-List and Conrad,
+AD4-
+AD4-silicone is a REAL bad substance to have near a piano.  Silicone is
+AD4-not a lubricant, it is a strain reliever and it travels like loose BBs
+AD4-in a box car.  In a piano it will get into the pin block, under the
+AD4-key tops and into the finish.  You cannot repin the block, the keytops
+AD4-fall off and the wood will not take a finish without major chemical
+AD4-intervention.
+AD4-
+AD4-Please relegate these substances to the garbage.
+AD4-
+AD4- Newton
+AD4-
+AD4-
+AD4-Conrad Hoffsommer wrote:
+AD4APg-
+AD4APg- Wim,
+AD4APg-
+AD4APg- +AD4-On a 2 year old Steinway upright, model K, the 5/8+ACI- in diameter wood
+AD4APg- sustain rod passes through a felt bushed hole. The rubbing of the dowel
on
+AD4APg- the felt makes a lot of noise. Any suggesting on how to elimimate the
+AD4APg- rubbing sound, or how to remove the some of the felt in the hole?
+AD4APg-
+AD4APg- Try taking out the dowel and sanding the area which rubs in the hole. Use
+AD4APg- the finest grit you have.  Then, +AF8-OUT OF THE PIANO+AF8-, spray that section
+AD4APg- with silicone. (or with any other nonpetroleum lubricant of choice)
+AD4APg-
+AD4APg- Conrad Hoffsommer - Music Technician    mailto:hoffsoco+AEA-luther.edu
+AD4APg- Luther College                          (319)-387-1204
+AD4APg- Decorah, Iowa 52101-1045
+AD4APg-
+AD4APg- The best things in life aren't things.
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