<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN">
<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>Re: Rebush (or elect someone else?)</TITLE>
<META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1">
<META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1555" name=GENERATOR></HEAD>
<BODY bgColor=#ffffff>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Alan,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>If it is not felt dust, be extra careful. Could be
poison.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>To take care of moths.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Can't see what you are looking at, so do take
care.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The verdigris usually seizes up the flange or
</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>makes things rather slow and creeky like me.
<G></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Joe Goss RPT<BR>Mother Goose Tools<BR><A
href="mailto:imatunr@srvinet.com">imatunr@srvinet.com</A><BR><A
href="http://www.mothergoosetools.com">www.mothergoosetools.com</A></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=pianotuner@embarqmail.com
href="mailto:pianotuner@embarqmail.com">Alan Barnard</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=pianotech@ptg.org
href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, January 05, 2008 6:17
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Rebush (or elect someone
else?)</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV align=left>
<DIV
style="PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 3px solid; PADDING-TOP: 5px">
<DIV align=left>Wim and all, Thanks for the response. This stuff is not the
blue-green verdigris but is an olive-green powdery stuff you can actually wipe
off the end of the bushing with your finger. I read, somewhere, that however
Steinway treated their upright flanges, back in the teens and early twenties,
it did produce "stuff" that mold can grow in. Also, the center pins are shiny
and clean, no pits. So I think it is, indeed, something growing in
there.<BR><BR>I'm going to soak them in pure methanol to kill the stuff (and
maybe remove some of the lanolin and/or paraffin or whatever), let them dry,
ream and repin.<BR><BR>And you can durn well bet I'll just try a few samples,
first. I'll let you know how it comes out.<BR><BR>Anybody need 10 lbs of
Pb?<BR><BR>Alan Barnard<BR>Salem, MO<BR></DIV>
<DIV
style="PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 3px solid; PADDING-TOP: 5px"
align=left>
<HR>
</DIV>
<DIV
style="PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 3px solid; PADDING-TOP: 5px"
align=left>Original message<BR>From: "Willem Blees"
<WIMBLEES@AOL.COM> </WIMBLEES@AOL.COM> <BR>To:
pianotuner@embarqmail.com, pianotech@ptg.org<BR>Received: 1/5/2008 4:42:13
PM<BR>Subject: Re: Rebush (or elect someone else?)<BR><BR></DIV>
<DIV
style="PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 3px solid; PADDING-TOP: 5px"
align=left>Alan</DIV>
<DIV
style="PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 3px solid; PADDING-TOP: 5px"
align=left> </DIV>
<DIV
style="PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 3px solid; PADDING-TOP: 5px"
align=left>The "mold" is verdigris, also referred to as green gunk. It is
easier and cheaper to ream and repin, and it will solve the problem for a
while. But it isn't a permanent solution. <BR><BR>The problem is the
bushing cloth, which was impregnated with paraffin wax. The wax reacts to
the nickel on the centerpin and produces the green gunk. So
although you can remove the centerpin, and ream out the green gunk, the wool
still has the wax. So the problem will come back, eventually. But since it
takes about 25 - 40 years for the chemical reaction to have any kind of
effect, you, and your customer, won't be around to worry about it.
Besides, by then the piano will probably have other problems. <BR><BR></DIV>
<DIV
style="CLEAR: both; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 3px solid; PADDING-TOP: 5px"
align=left>Willem (Wim) Blees, RPT<BR>Piano Tuner/Technician<BR>Honolulu,
HI<BR>Author of <BR>The Business of Piano Tuning<BR>available from Potter
Press<BR>www.pianotuning.com</DIV>
<DIV
style="PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 3px solid; PADDING-TOP: 5px"
align=left><BR><BR>-----Original Message-----<BR>From: Alan Barnard
<pianotuner@embarqmail.com><BR>To: pianotech@ptg.org<BR>Sent: Sat, 5 Jan
2008 12:15 pm<BR>Subject: Rebush (or elect someone else?)<BR><BR></DIV>
<DIV id=AOLMsgPart_2_c04d83a5-e37d-4a52-ad36-4b425b729033
style="PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 3px solid; PADDING-TOP: 5px"
align=left>
<STYLE>P {
        MARGIN: 0px
}
</STYLE>
Got a 1916 Steinway upright that's definitely an oldie but moldy -- all
flanges practically seized up with mold in the bushings. Rather than rebushing
everything or replacing the flanges (super expensive!), has anyone had success
just reaming and repinning?<BR><BR>BTW previous tech(s) had put large
lead weights near the back of all the keysticks (2-ouncers, I'd guess) AND
screwed jiffy leads to most of the stickers! Must have played like a Mack
truck .... with its power steering broken ...... and both front
tires flat .... on a sand dune!<BR><BR>Alan Barnard<BR>Salem, MO<BR></DIV><!-- end of AOLMsgPart_2_c04d83a5-e37d-4a52-ad36-4b425b729033 -->
<DIV class=AOLPromoFooter
style="PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 3px solid; PADDING-TOP: 5px"
align=left>
<HR style="MARGIN-TOP: 10px">
More new features than ever. Check out the new <A
href="http://o.aolcdn.com/cdn.webmail.aol.com/mailtour/aol/en-us/text.htm?ncid=aolcmp00050000000003"
target=_blank>AOL Mail</A>!<BR></DIV></DIV></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>