Follow-up tight Steinway action centers

[Tom Driscoll]

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Subject: Re: Follow-up tight Steinway action centers

 Tom writes: 
>
>            P.S. Kent thought the reports of very loose centers after
>the alc treatment could be caused by too much water in the mix. Again
he
>suggested 5% water to Alcohol

    As per factory suggestion, I used pure alcohol on the one set that I

tried, (Pharmacy obtained methanol).  I let them sit for a full day
before I 
touched the action again.   It loosened all of them up, but there were
many, 
many, that were way too loose. 
    I have since resorted to pinning for this problem, and on balance,
spend 
less time and get more consistant results. 
Regards, 
Ed Foote RPT 
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/Ed,
	I guess we are on the same page here as to the repin vs. alc
water.
	Thanks to you and all for your earlier posts
	Tom Driscoll