getting serious about methanol

[lance lafargue]

Ed,
I see you are in Nashville.  I keep my shop around 45%RH and with the
exception of one really bad Young Chang that I overdryed, I have gotten no
callbacks or had to repin action centers in memory.  I have rechecked
actions over the years to see how they have reacted over time.  I just know
what works for me.  If you can find a formula that works in Nashville, it
sure will save you some repinning time.  I believe it will be worth your
time to research it and some trial and error.  

Regards,


LANCE LAFARGUE, RPT
LAFARGUE PIANO SERVICES
New Orleans Chapter
Mandeville, LA.
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> From: A440A@AOL.COM
> To: pianotech@ptg.org
> Subject: getting serious about methanol
> Date: Saturday, July 03, 1999 4:13 PM
> 
> Greetings all, 
>      Hmm,  ok, here is the autopsy.  
>   As per factory instruction,  I went to the pharamacy and told them I
wanted 
> straight methanol.  I placed the action in an area where it would not be 
> disturbed and put one drop on each hammer center.  I waited 24 hours
without 
> touching it. 
>     Upon trial,  I find that almost half of the center pins were so loose

> that the hammers wiggle side to side!   I must go back and repin this
whole 
> line before I can trust the action to work.  I was taught to repin, and I

> have done a lot of it, and I don't trust the chemical "sizing" process to

> give consistant results. 
>       Anybody else have this happen?   And Lance, I know that in N.O. 
> anything goes, but we are not all tropical!(:)}}}
> Regards, 
> Ed Foote