Most things in life are temporary. That's why I've always said that life is a moving target. That's why rebuilding is only temporary. Seventy five years down the road it'll need it again. To put it in perspective: You eat a Chinese dinner and you're hungry again in a hour. Eat an Italian dinner and in 4-5 days you're hungry again. Everything is relative to everything else. Bummer, isn't it? Oh, well? Carl Meyer Assoc. PTG Santa Clara, California cmpiano@attbi.com ----- Original Message ----- From: <Tvak@AOL.COM> To: <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: Monday, July 15, 2002 3:15 PM Subject: was sluggish butts/ now verdigris > Alot has been said about verdigris on this list and mostly in reference to > Steinways, it seems. Since I have only one Steinway owner among my customers > (and it's a console) I haven't really followed those threads. (I follow the > Kimball and Gulbransen threads from beginning to end!) > > Many have implied that the sluggish butts I have on my hands (boy, that > doesn't sound very good, does it?) may be due to verdigris. > > How can I identify verdigris? The bushing is red, not discolored. The pin, > when removed, does have a blackish ring where it was in contact with the > bushing. The new pin doesn't move any freer than the old pin. CLP made > little or no difference. > > Ron Koval has offered to lend me a set of reamers, but if it's verdigris, > will reaming help? And will reaming the sluggish butts free them up > indefinitely? I get the impression that the liquid solutions are only > temporary, and I would prefer a permanent solution to this problem. (And all > my other ones, too.) > > Tom Sivak > >
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