humidity problem - will this fix it?

[DGPEAKE@AOL.COM]

I have used a product call PERK that you can get from your local dry 
cleaners. Tell them what you are using it for because they will not sell it 
to the general public. PERK helps clean the verdigris out of the flange. I 
have actually applied in on a Steinway action, put it out in the sun,  and 
later I find the verdigris oozing out of the flange. 

I recommend several applications. It is only a temporary fix. The permanent 
fix it to replace the parts.

Dave Peake, RPT
Portland Chapter
Oregon City, OR


In a message dated 05/26/2000 8:19:46 PM Pacific Daylight Time, 
foxpiano@juno.com writes:

<< 
 won't help.  This era Steinway is suffering from terminal verdigris.  
 New action is the only complete fix.   A little Protek and a hair dryer
 with vigorous working of the parts after applying Protek may buy a little
 time whilst the consumer saves the sheckles necessary to repair the poor
 arthritic thing.
 
 Dale Fox
 
 
 On Fri, 26 May 2000 21:22:47 -0400 Clyde Hollinger <cedel@supernet.com>
 writes:
 > Friends,
 > 
 > I need a little advice here.  Today I saw a 1938 small Steinway 
 > grand
 > (sorry, I don't know which model).  The elderly owner said 
 > sluggishness
 > occurs in the top octave when the humidity goes up and diminishes 
 > when
 > the weather is dry.  Indeed, it was sluggish today.  Somehow she
 > wrangled me into doing a free evaluation, so I didn't want to pull 
 > the
 > action out to see where the trouble really is.  (Shame on me, I 
 > know!)
 > And can she ever talk! (sigh)
 > 
 > She wanted me to install just a heat rod under the keybed, which I
 > refused to do.  I almost have her convinced to go at least with two 
 > heat
 > bars -- one under the keybed and one under the soundboard -- and a
 > control unit.
 > 
 > My question is this:  Can I expect a heat bar under the keybed to
 > alleviate the tightness from humidity?  Should it go inside the 
 > action
 > cavity?  Or is there no way to know until I know if the sluggishness 
 > is
 > from key bushings or action centers?  And what wattage should I use?
 > Or, do you think I should forget about humidity control and just get 
 > in
 > there and fix the problem?
 > 
 > Advice?  I'm listening, watching, whatever.
 > 
 > Regards,
 > Clyde
 > 
 
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