Naphtha update and question

[Avery]

Thanks, William. Couldn't have said it better myself. Obviously! :-D

Avery

At 09:49 PM 9/5/2006, you wrote:
>Michelle,
>
>I think Avery's point was that unless the hammers are not traveling 
>in a straight line from rest to the point where they strike the 
>strings, using traveling paper under the flanges is not the proper 
>way to correct the problem.  Indeed it may then cause your hammers 
>to not travel straight - now you've another problem to correct.
>
>If the grooves are not lining up again, it is more likely simply 
>spacing the hammers that needs to be done, not traveling (though I 
>wouldn't be surprised if some traveling were required, but not to 
>make the grooves align with the strings).
>
>Regards,
>William R. Monroe
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: <mailto:michelle at cdaustin.com>Michelle Smith
>.........Concerning the traveling paper, I just slipped them in 
>temporarily to see if they would help rotate the hammer back into 
>the grooves.  I didn't want to do anything permanent yet.  In three 
>of the four, it helped.  The grooves definitely need to be dealt with.
>
>Have a great evening.
>
>Michelle
>
>
>Hi Michelle,
>
>At 05:50 PM 9/5/2006, you wrote:
>
>Hi all.  A couple of days ago I asked the group about Naphtha and 
>other liquids that might free up an old Steinway action.   The 
>hammers were really stiff (1 to 1.5 swings) so I removed each 
>hammer, lubricated, wagged them back and forth, and got about 5 
>swings out of them.
>
>What did you lube them with? Naphtha?
>
>
>I was so proud of myself until I put the action back in the 
>piano.  The action moved much better but two other things happened:
>
>The piano had a more mellow tone--almost muffled in some areas
>About four notes have a strange small tinny sound almost like a 
>guitar string is being plucked.
>Is it possible that the strings arent hitting exactly in the same 
>(deep) grooves as before?  I put some travel paper under the tinny 
>notes which helped some but not all.
>
>Why did you do that? Were they not traveling correctly? Tinny notes 
>don't necessarily mean they aren't traveling correctly. Travel the 
>shanks, do the burning and then see what they sound like. Then do 
>the hammer to string mating. Traveling isn't the way to correct a 
>"tinny" sounding note. Necessarily! :-)
>
>Avery
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