---------------------- multipart/mixed attachment --=====================_53439796==.ALT Jonathan, I can accept that this is effective for the bushing cloth around a center pin but what does it do to the bridseye? Greg Newell At 01:32 PM 1/25/2003, you wrote: >Dave, we used to use in the shop what we called the lazer tool > > > >If youd like Ill try to find the plans for it (or someone else might >already have some) > >Basically, it is a pair of tweezers with low voltage running through >them. You pinchthe tweezers over the ends of the pin, and vuala! Youve >loosened it. The current through the pin causes it to heat up, and >thereby presses the felt inside, almost like ironing it. > > > >I know I know, it has nothing to do with lasers, but thats just what we >called it! (because of the hum it created) > > > >But I tell ya, I never have had the effects wear off (seems to be stable), >and Ive found no better way short or repining everything to fix a whole >batch of tight pins. > > > >Anybody else with such experience? > > > >Jonathan Finger RPT. > > > > > >-----Original Message----- >From: pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] On >Behalf Of Piannaman@aol.com >Sent: Friday, January 24, 2003 10:05 PM >To: pianotech@ptg.org >Subject: CLP and Styran > > > >Ladies and gents, > >I went out on a service call last week to deal with a rental piano that >had sticky keys. It was a Kawai console that was in a room approximately >six feet from an open window. It IS January, and even though this is >California, there was a substantial amount of cool, damp air blowing in >from outside. After a brief and kindly lecture about the evils of drafts >and temperature/humidity fluctuation, I set to work. > >There were many sticking keys and sluggish hammers. It was tight centers, >so I figured, hey, CLP will do the trick. I was wrong. For whatever >reason, there was no noticeable improvement in the sluggishness. I assume >that none of the excess fluid gets absorbed by the plastic as it might get >absorbed by wood. Anybody know for sure? > >I reamed a few flange bushings and replaced some corroded pins and the >situation was resolved, but a less time-consuming solution would be >desirable.. Anybody got an answer, and/or a lubricant that might work >with Styran? > >Dave Stahl > >--- > >Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). >Version: 6.0.435 / Virus Database: 244 - Release Date: 12/30/2002 Greg Newell mailto:gnewell@ameritech.net --=====================_53439796==.ALT An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/68/94/03/f9/attachment.htm --=====================_53439796==.ALT-- ---------------------- multipart/mixed attachment --- Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.435 / Virus Database: 244 - Release Date: 12/30/2002 ---------------------- multipart/mixed attachment--
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