<HTML><HEAD> <META charset=UTF-8 http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1106" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff"> <DIV> <DIV>David Love writes:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid"><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Sometimes spending the client’s money on the second best, even temporary, solution is necessary until such a time that the best solution can be considered.   </SPAN></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Bookman Old Style">Sure, you're right. I didn't mean to sound as if I refuse to treat tight centers. In fact, an action is coming in to the shop in February for new parts, the centers of which I juiced (Protek) last year in order to buy some time for the owner to save up. However, I think some of us, in our [noble] desire to save the client money, aren't clear enough that this <U>is</U> temporary, and will be on top of the expense of an unavoidable parts replacement, and fairly soon at that. On a high-performance, multi-tens-of-thousands piano, most owners understand that anything less than the correct repair will result in inferior performance, so the sooner their hopes of a cheap solution are made realistic, the better. Certainly I commiserate with them, and if they need to choose an interim solution, I'll do it cheerfully.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Bookman Old Style"></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Bookman Old Style">I have been slow to try Goose Juice, because of my past experience with products with unpublished "miracle ingredients," which turned out later to have surprising side effects. Think of silicone-bearing polishes like Pledge, which as a refinisher I've learned to hate as the new finish fisheyes. Or Teflon. Or graphited centers. At least with a known substance like naphtha and mineral oil I might be able to deduce, "hmmm, that's going to gum up when it dries for a few years." Of course, if I know I'm going to replace the parts, I don't suppose it matters what I put on. I guess I'm being unreasonable. Okay, okay, I guess I'll try it....</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Bookman Old Style"></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Bookman Old Style">Bob Davis</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Bookman Old Style"></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Bookman Old Style"></FONT> </DIV></BODY></HTML>