too stiff

[thepianoarts]

Hi Dale,

 Thanks for your reply.  I will post you my experiences and the juice I use
soon. Give me a few days to get the post together.

Dan Reed

 
on 9/23/01 1:20 PM, Erwinpiano at Erwinpiano@email.msn.com wrote:

> 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
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>> 
>> 
>> 
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