<div class="gmail_quote">On Jan 31, 2008 5:31 AM, Conrad Hoffsommer <<a href="mailto:hoffsoco@luther.edu">hoffsoco@luther.edu</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid"> <div class="Ih2E3d">Alan Barnard wrote: > > Michael, Michael, Michael ..... tsk, tsk ... have you learned nothing in > this business? Here is a hard and fast rule, to be ignored only at peril > of your sanity: > > The fix for any and all "Winter & (probably illegitimate) Sons" spinet > piano(?) problems is a half gallon of kerosene and a common kitchen match. > > Alan Barnard > Salem, MO </div>Alan, Alan, Alan, Shame, shame, shame!! That is a waste of good kerosene! Tree huggers will decry the unnecessarily large footprint of that process.  That match will do the job (albeit, more slowly) if you just light a wippen. You will then see the real inner glow of the alleged instrument. If you really MUST have accelerated action, remember that a spoonful of acetone makes the Winter thing go down... An0n </blockquote></div> <div> If you really MUST have accelerated action, remember that a spoonful of acetone makes the Winter thing go down... Groooooaaaan! Conrad pentameter is a terrible thing to waste especially on a Winter!</div> <div> Mike -- Age is an issue of mind over matter. If you don't mind, it doesn't matter. Michael Magness Magness Piano Service 608-786-4404 <a href="http://www.IFixPianos.com">www.IFixPianos.com</a> email <a href="mailto:mike@ifixpianos.com">mike@ifixpianos.com</a> </div>