too stiff

[Erwinpiano]

  Dear List
 Nothing works for verdigris long term. Not protek ,not rebushing, not
shrinking, silicine oil,not mineral oil ,snake oil or 30 weight motor oil.
Been down that dead end road. Temporary solutions at best.

      Dale Erwin

----- Original Message -----
From: "thepianoarts" <thepianoarts@home.com>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Monday, September 17, 2001 8:08 PM
Subject: Re: too stiff


> Hi Wayne,
>
>
> Not mush verdigris on the pins?  A little is way too much. If this is a
> Steinway Upright, there are fluids that will disolve the verdigris. Post
me
> privatly, and I will visit with you about techniques that work.
>
> Dan
>
> on 9/17/01 7:35 PM, Wayne Hohle at wayne.hohle@sympatico.ca wrote:
>
> > hi there
> > i appreciated your timely comments on sluggish centers and wondered of
> > you could comment on this again for me. i'm dealing with an upright
> > action that has several butt flange centers that stiffen up with just a
> > bit of humidity. i had the action out to change some of the pins and was
> >
> > working on it in front of a patio door and the heat coming in was enough
> >
> > to solve a lot of the problem. as soon as the action is put back in the
> > piano , in just a short  time the centers tighten up. i put in a 25 watt
> >
> > dampchaser bar without humidistat for a few weeks , it did help but the
> > customer still has some reason to complain. there is not much verdigris
> > on the pins.
> > what would you do?
> > thanks if you could comment
> > wayne
> >
> >
> >
>
>