too stiff

[Erwinpiano]

Hi Pianoarts colleague

    I would indeed be interested in your offer but I have a question.  If
this cure for verdigris is as you state why is this not a commonly known
remedy?  Let's bottle it and sell it.
      Also what?where is the longest known surviving verdigris treatment
stwy located and how can I verify this info.
  Believe me there are times when I wish there were a cure as occasssionally
I come across a virgin action with unworn hammers that could still be used
accept for the creeping green crud.
  In fact I have a set like that right now. Can you reveal the solution or
send some that I could try? , Or I can send the shanks and flanges for
treatment.

 Thanks-Best--- Dale Erwin



----- Original Message -----
From: "thepianoarts" <thepianoarts@home.com>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2001 8:43 PM
Subject: Re: too stiff


> Hi Dale,
>
> Are you up for a challange? If you have some really bad verdigris flange's
> (with shanks) please send them to me. I will treat them, and send them
back
> to you. (Found a long term treatment- not my discovery, Robin
Huffords...Ft
> Worth Texas Chapter...it works, long term, on nasty verdigris)
>
> Dan
> > 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
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>
> >>
> >
>
>