<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2873" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Gee, I always thought it was important to clean the tuning pins off before welding them together..............(I hope NOBODY on this list thought I was actually serious about using WD-40 on pianos!!!)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>robin</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=avery1@houston.rr.com href="mailto:avery1@houston.rr.com">Avery</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech List</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, June 03, 2006 7:13 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Slow Hammer Return</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV>Well, personally, I'd rather try olive oil than WD-40 as a lubricant. :-) <BR><BR>I've seen the damage WD-40 can do to a piano. Especially when sprayed on the <BR>tuning pins to clean off the rust! <BR><BR>Of course, I've also seen some of the damage that those olive type drinks can do, <BR>too! :-D<BR><BR>Avery <BR><BR>At 05:57 PM 6/3/2006, you wrote:<BR> <BLOCKQUOTE class=cite cite="" type="cite"> <BR><FONT face="Arial, Helvetica" size=2>That might well be ture, James, but I seriously doubt that olive oil is going to replace good old WD-40 as the lubricant of choice....................<BR></FONT> <BR><FONT face="Arial, Helvetica" size=2>robin<BR></FONT> <DL> <DD>----- Original Message ----- <BR> <DD>From:</B> <A href="mailto:jimfrazee@msn.com">James H Frazee</A> <BR> <DD>To:</B> <A href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech List</A> <BR> <DD>Sent:</B> Saturday, June 03, 2006 6:52 PM<BR> <DD>Subject:</B> Re: Slow Hammer Return<BR><BR> <DD>there may be hammer return springs broken.  They come off when we  pull dropped mutes out of the action.  When that happens, most of us put them back in the slot most of the time....<BR> <DD><BR>  <DD>I have a super-long pair of tweezers (about 9") just for this purpose (originally bought to get olives out of jar without pouring juice in my, uh, beverage of choice.)  It's amazing how many pianos have this problem when first encountered.<BR><BR> <HR> <DD>No virus found in this incoming message.<BR> <DD>Checked by AVG Free Edition.<BR> <DD>Version: 7.1.394 / Virus Database: 268.8.1/355 - Release Date: 6/2/2006<BR><BR></DD></DL>No virus found in this outgoing message.<BR>Checked by AVG Free Edition.<BR>Version: 7.1.394 / Virus Database: 268.8.1/355 - Release Date: 6/2/2006</BLOCKQUOTE> <P> <HR> <P></P>No virus found in this incoming message.<BR>Checked by AVG Free Edition.<BR>Version: 7.1.394 / Virus Database: 268.8.1/355 - Release Date: 6/2/2006<BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>