Clean Green Centers

[Jon Page]

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At 07:29 PM 08/14/2000 -0400, you wrote:
>A client has a 100 year old Steinway upright, so sluggish its
>unplayable.
>The action centers are growing.
>
>Hammer butt centers are terrible.
>Wippen, dampers centers are a little discolored but
>have far less contamination. Why would this be? Could repeated
>lubrication of hammer centers over the years have made things
>worse in the long run?
>
>I am rebushing/repinning all double flanges for the lady. This
>will make it work. Birds eyes are stained green, will clean out wood
>with
>alcohol.
>
>I'm curious if the consensus is that all action centers
>should be done, not just hammer double flanges, or I could get in
>trouble.
>
>                                     Dave Renaud
>                                     Canada

Replace everything, repinning and lubing do not eliminate the vertigris;
it may get it to work for a short time but is a watse of time and money.

Time for new parts,


Jon Page,   piano technician
Harwich Port, Cape Cod, Mass.
mailto:jonpage@mediaone.net
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