Staib-Abendschein action,WD-40

[Phil Romano]

I've only seen one Staib-Abendschein action. Very interesting!
Unfortunately the client (a small church) didn't want to have anything
done to this piano. It was in a Sunday school room and considered low on
the priority list of things to spend money on. I recall getting some
information from Jack Wyatt about this very unique action design. Sorry,
I can't lay my hands on that info right now. I'm sure he can help you
with action specs if you contact him. According to the Guild directory,
his email is jwyatt1492@aol.com . He might not be able to help as to the
WD-40 problem tho!

Phil Romano
Myrtle Beach, SC

-----Original Message-----
From: pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] On
Behalf Of Rebecca Heneberry
Sent: Thursday, January 08, 2004 2:15 AM
To: pianotech@ptg.org
Subject: Staib-Abendschein action,WD-40


Greetings to everyone on the list.I have a couple of questions for
general comment
   1.I have seen a Staib-Abendschein action before,but I may be called
upon soon to work on one,and I'm wondering if there is anything I should
know before starting.The action in question is badly out of reg.in the
usual manner for an old upright(2 1/2 blow,1/2 dip,3/4 letoff,??
checking)and I'm hoping that getting it back in the ballpark spec-wise
will do the trick.Any suggestions would be helpful.
   2.There is a local tooner who is in the habit of using WD-40 on
action centers.I have followed this guy's work pretty often,and I'm
seeing a lot of "gummed up" actions,I presume from the WD-40(customers
tell me it gets sprayed pretty indiscriminately).I have gotten some
relief with Pro-tek and a heat gun,but I wonder what the long term
effect will be.As you may have guessed,I'm gathering ammunition.At the
risk of opening the floodgates,I'm hoping to hear from anyone with info.
or experience on the subject.
                     Thanks, 
                         Alan Heneberry
 

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