Greetings,
Richard writes:
>You wrote "as per factory instruction" what factory ?
Steinway factory, it is a new piano and warranty requirements dictate
that I do what they said.
>Methanol and ethanol are highly hydroscopic. That they absorb moisture
>and evaproate
>quickly taking the water with them is my guess as to their hydroscopic
A chemist explained to me that alcohol will break down into water at the
99% level. That is why you cannot really get 200 proof alcohol, it just
won't go there without extraordinary treatement.
>
> BTW was the loseness in the bushings or the birds eye? (both I will
guess)
The looseness was in the felt only..
I can see the ease that wetting solutions provide, however, I have a
strong suspicion that if all hammershanks are checked after this, they may be
loose, but will not be as consistant as if they were repinned. Since I am
trying to sell the most expensive, dependable, work that I can, I am going to
repin in the future, charge for it, and not worry about future use.
Thanks to all for the response, I wonder what I will get from the factory?
Regards,
Ed Foote
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