Sluggish Aeolian Spinet Action

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What's this vodka treatment I read about for sluggish actions and treating 
hammers?  LWe used to drink the stuff and then we  could work on those 
cheap spinets without a worry in the world.

BudHi,
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At 10:55 PM 11/27/00 -0500, you wrote:
>I met a sluggish Kimball Spinet action today (Octave 7). The usual vodka
>treatment didn't do much. I then used a hair dryer on the centers treated
>with vodka. The action freed up quickly.
>Hope this is of some use.
>
>Dan Hallett
>
>sluggish aeolian spinet action
>
>Hi LIst,
>
>     I have to work on a Hallet & Davis Aeolian spinet.  The action is very
>sluggish and it isn't because of the keys which would have been an easy fix.
>Any recommendations and/or short cuts? Is protek recommended or something
>else like silicon/naptha that baldwin recommends.
>     Would the real solution be to reflange all the culprits, this isn't an
>easy task being a spinet.
>     What about using heat on the action centers, with a modified heat gun?
>
>     Any and all suggestions would help thanks,
>
>Eliot Lee

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