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<BODY>Jason,<BR><BR>Don't you just love it when that=
happens? Protek/Goose Juice all understring=
felt. The only trick that works is making as little=
change as possible which means it has to be at pitch and in the=
ballpark. That may take awhile.<BR><BR>Lubricating centers=
is a 5 minute job. Why would you consider=
making it complex? Everything evaporates except the=
lube in the bushing cloth. No matter how carefully you=
were to apply it you're still going to get it on the=
wood...<BR><BR>David I.<BR><BR><BR><BR><BR>
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Original message<BR>From: jason kanter=
<JKANTER@ROLLINGBALL.COM><BR>To: Pianotech=
<PIANOTECH@PTG.ORG><BR>Received: Sun, 27 Feb 2005 10:50:55=
-0800<BR>Subject: which lubes?<BR><BR>
<DIV align=left><SPAN class=025032518-27022005><FONT=
face="Trebuchet MS" color=#008080 size=2>Couple of questions=
have arisen for me.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=025032518-27022005><FONT face="Trebuchet MS"=
color=#008080 size=2>Steinway upright, 1883, 20 cent pitch=
raise. In the high treble, I had an awful time getting the=
tension to move across the pressure bars. Pull, pound, pull,=
pound, pull, whack - no movement - gently pull a=
little more - string suddenly goes to 5 cents sharp. Lower,=
whack, lower, whack - no movement south - suddenly the string is=
5 cents flat. Sigh. Pull, pull, etc. What's the best lube for=
the region of the string between the pin and the speaking=
length?</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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color=#008080 size=2>The other situation is grand hammer=
flanges. WHen they need some alcohol or some Protek lube or=
whatever, what's the neatest way to apply the liquid without=
sacrificing effectiveness? Choices I've tried are:=
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<DIV><SPAN class=025032518-27022005><FONT face="Trebuchet MS"=
color=#008080 size=2>(1) Spray from 1", left to right at an=
angle and right to left at an angle, basically thereby soaking=
the whole flange in liquid and getting the bushings wet. Messy.=
Not particularly efficient.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=025032518-27022005><FONT face="Trebuchet MS"=
color=#008080 size=2>(2) Remove every other hammer/flange. Treat=
the removed ones over a towel, putting a few drops on each=
bushing and working the flange back and forth. Treat the others=
still attached to the action, tipping the action up on end,=
putting a few drops on each bushing, tipping the action the=
other way and repeating. Then replace all the removed=
hammer flanges. The hammer-string alignment is preserved by=
the hammers that were not removed. This is time-consuming, and=
seems inherently uneven because the flanges that are removed get=
slightly different treatment from those that are not removed.=
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<DIV><SPAN class=025032518-27022005><FONT face="Trebuchet MS"=
color=#008080 size=2>(3) Remove them all. Creates an additional=
issue in hammer-string alignment, takes longer, but gives the=
greatest control over the work.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=025032518-27022005><FONT face="Trebuchet MS"=
color=#008080 size=2>Thanks in advance.=
/Jason</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=025032518-27022005><FONT face="Trebuchet MS"=
color=#008080 size=2>(ps. I am embarrassed to admit that when I=
was apprenticed in 1970-71 to Sheldon Smith, the technique I=
learned was to slather everything with WD-40. This was my first=
introduction to WD-40 and Sheldon obviously thought it was great=
stuff. I am sure he abandoned that practice upon revisiting some=
of these poor pianos.)</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Trebuchet MS" size=2>Jason Kanter . piano=
tuning<SPAN class=025032518-27022005>,</SPAN>=
regulation <SPAN class=025032518-27022005>&=
</SPAN>repair</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2><A href="mailto:jkanter@rollingball.com"><FONT=
face="Trebuchet MS">jkanter@rollingball.com</FONT></A><FONT=
face="Trebuchet MS"> .. cell 425 830 1561</FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Trebuchet MS" size=2>serving the=
eastside and the san=
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