[pianotech] Curiously curvaceous repetition lever

[Susan Kline]

REPLACED? We haven't even figured out how this action works!

You want to just order more curvaceous parts? From WHOM?

The best part to use is the one which you didn't ruin in the first place.

That is, the way to "do it right the first time" is to not break anything!

Susan

RonLindquist wrote:
> Susan,    One of   the best ways of getting the dirt out is  with  a 
> high pressure air compressor.   If the parts can't take the pressure     
> they need to replaced.   don't do   a   half of the job.  do it right 
> the first time.
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> Ron
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> At 10:17 AM 9/25/2012, you wrote:
>> With due respect to Euphonious, I'd be extremely cautious before 
>> blowing out such an old action with high pressure compressed air.
>>
>> Things like thread loops could turn to toast in a minute or two.
>>
>> I'd go at it with a vacuum (HEPA filter preferred) and a very soft 
>> bristle paintbrush. Hold the vacuum hose near the paintbrush and it 
>> will take in the noxious stuff with minimal damage. Of course wearing 
>> a good dust mask and maybe goggles would be a good idea.
>>
>> Susan Kline
>>
>> Euphonious Thumpe wrote:
>>> David!
>>> Please get the filth out of future posts! (I was eating.) And a 
>>> vacuum won't do. (Only a real air compressor, from the photos.) I 
>>> slide actions into bicycle boxes and then take them to the tyre 
>>> store (Anglish) when they're this filthy, and blow them out, 
>>> outside, with about 150 PSI if I don't have my A.C. with me. And 
>>> please wear a mask and goggles! Breathing this stuff (or having it 
>>> enter the mucousy membranes around eyeballs) will quickly render you 
>>> into a subhumanoid life form most unpalatable to your spouse! (If 
>>> you have one. Plugging your ears with something's a good idea, too, 
>>> when dealing with such.)
>>> And, Dear Sir, I regret to inform you that you have conflated 2 
>>> American classic cartoons: the "Tom and Jerry" cartoon (MGM) 
>>> featuring H.R. #2, and the "Bugs Bunny" cartoon (Warner Brothers) 
>>> also featuring this great Liszt piece. Please be aware that we take 
>>> our cartoons very seriously, here!!!
>>>
>>> Cordially,
>>> Thumpe
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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