Newbie; Cleaning actions

[Nichols]

Hi Claudia,
  1) Welcome to the list, ...ask away.

  1a) There is a turd in our punch bowl. Ignore it.

   2) TIGHTEN the screws FIRST! (Before using the compressed air.) Learned 
that from, uh... Susan Graham, years ago. Saves a lot of headache. Sand, 
etc, gets under the flanges when you blow out the action. Could call it 
"air travel". (you'll get that eventually)  Sears has a little accessory 
kit for about 12 bucks that makes any blower-type vacuum almost equal to a 
small compressor. I use it in the field with a little 2 gal shop vac.

   3) Come to Chicago. It's a Smorgasbord, don't leave until you're very 
full. (and ignore the warnings about my classes)

Again, Welcome.
SeeYa around,
Guy Nichols, RPT
Ft. Stinkin' Desert, NM


At 10:22 AM 5/5/02 -0700, you wrote:
>Hi all,
>
>First, a couple words to introduce myself: I am a piano technology student 
>and in the process of restoring my first upright piano. It is a very 
>educational experience. I have been subscribed to this list for a few days 
>now, and find it very interesting to read the ongoing discussions. Thank 
>you for letting me "listen in", even though I am not as experienced yet as 
>all of you.
>
>A couple questions:
>1. Is it ok on this list for a piano tech newbie to ask questions or is 
>there a better venue for that? I am not yet a member of the PTG, but plan 
>on joining very soon.
>
>2. A quick question on cleaning actions: The old upright I am restoring 
>has an extremely dirty action. It is very very dusty. How would you go 
>about cleaning this? I would be interested in hearining how you would go 
>about doing this with a minimum set of tools ("the hard way"), or in an 
>established shop.
>
>Thank you very much in advance for your replies.
>
>Regards,
>/Claudia
>
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