<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML style="FONT-SIZE: x-small; FONT-FAMILY: MS Sans Serif"><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2963" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Thanks, Joe!  Now, what the heck is synthetic reducer? and 100 parts of it to 1 part pin driving fluid?  I thought that it was you, but I couldn't find it in the archives.  maybe I didn't look it up right.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Regards back at you!</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Clark A. Sprague, RPT</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr 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=joegarrett@earthlink.net href="mailto:joegarrett@earthlink.net">Joseph Garrett</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, August 25, 2006 1:19 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Soaking Plate Bushings</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <P> <DIV>Clark asked: "<FONT size=+0>soaking their tuning pin bushings before installation, </FONT><FONT size=+0></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=+0>Clark,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=+0>Yup, it was me.<G> I soak them in a solution of Synthetic Reducer and Pin Driving Fluid. About 100:1 mixture.</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>