sluggish action

[Alpha88x@aol.com]

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Greetings, 

       In addition to the other fine suggestions... Is the piano in a moist 
basement? ..or has it been recently moved from a moist place into a home? If 
recently moved from a moist place(baseement or garage) into a home, then in a 
coulple weeks the moistrue will dry out of the bushings a it sits in the heated 
house and everything will return to normal by drying allittle.

    If not, then the bushings of either the jack or the hammer are swollen 
and need a shot of 5% to 10% alchohol to H2O(water). There are disputes on the 
percentage of water to alchohol and the TYPE of alchohol. I do about 10% alc to 
H20 and the alchohol is isopropyl, because I cant get Ethyl anymore. Works 
for my customers, fine.

Julia
Reading, PA






In a message dated 2/21/05 3:15:44 PM Pacific Standard Time, 
jstuchell@verizon.net writes:

> Hello technicians,
>   
>             I have  an old Conreid upright with a few sluggish notes.  The 
> problem isnt with the keys ( they arent broken or sluggish in any way) but 
> with the action, as the hammers hit softly or even not at all and then return 
> slowly.  The wippen mechanism moves slowly.  Should I just remove the wippens 
> and replace them?   Or what else could I do with this problem?
>   
> 


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