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<BODY bgColor=#ffffff>I like the vodka idea. Does=
anyone know what the ratio is of alcohol to water? I=
have a sluggish damper system to deal with this=
week. I've tried Goose & Protek but it doesn't=
last, so I'm going to try alchol/water. I suppose=
hair dryer would be helpful but I imagine it will wreck havoc=
with the tuning...maybe just the air moving no heat? =
If I'm making it up myself, what is the ratio of alcohol to=
water? 1 part water to 5 parts alcohol.<BR><BR>David=
Ilvedson<BR><BR><BR><BR><BR>
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Original message<BR>From: tom driscoll=
<TOMTUNER@COMCAST.NET><BR>To: Pianotech=
<PIANOTECH@PTG.ORG><BR>Received: Sun, 27 Feb 2005 13:35:42=
-0500<BR>Subject: Re: sluggish action<BR><BR>
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black"><B>From:</B> <A title=Alpha88x@aol.com=
href="mailto:Alpha88x@aol.com">Alpha88x@aol.com</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A=
title=pianotech@ptg.org=
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, February 27,=
2005 1:03 PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: sluggish=
action</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT lang=0 face=Arial size=2=
PTSIZE="10" FAMILY="SANSSERIF">Greetings,=
<BR><BR> In addition to the=
other fine suggestions... Is the piano in a moist basement? ..or=
has it been recently moved <I><U>from</I></U> 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.<BR><BR> 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.<BR><BR>Julia<BR>Reading,=
PA<BR><BR><BR>Julia,</FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT size=2> =
Not my experiece-- When they get sluggish (as in the classic=
Acrosonic sluggish ) thay will stay sluggish in the Sahara=
.</FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT size=2> I=
see Acros in January here in the northeast @ 20% RH .as sluggish=
as can be.</FONT></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT size=2> I=
do agree -- Alc., Water</FONT> <FONT size=2>to shrink=
,and or protek will usually work.</FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT size=2> I=
just don't see swollen action center bushings "retreating" to=
normal without help.perhaps your experience is=
different.</FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> As an aside, you=
can jump through all kinds of hoops trying to get certain types=
of alc. but the cheapest vodka at the packy works great--Just=
don't bring it in the ladies house still in the bottle--=
the neighbors might talk! Percentages ? Heck the stuff is=
alcohol and water and is clear . I think we sometimes get too=
carried away with exactitude with this kind of thing. The alc.=
brings the water to the cloth and the bushing will=
shrink.</FONT></DIV>
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JMHO,</FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT size=2> =
Tom Driscoll=
RPT</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>