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<DIV><FONT face="Century Schoolbook" size=2>I didn't even notice that it was
reversed. Sometimes I overlook the most basic observations.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><BR></DIV>Are you referring to the hand movement not matching anything
remotely close to the music? <BR>Tom Servinsky <BR><BR>It seemed to me like
the image was reversed. The keyboard looked backwards, you know ... like the
bass was on the right side of the keyboard and the treble on the left. Can you
get digital images reversed like that or am I hallucinating? It seems kind of
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Today's Topics:
1. White Oil [was Customising a piano] (John Delacour)
2. Re: Customising a piano (<A class=moz-txt-link-abbreviated href="mailto:johndelmore@suddenlink.net">johndelmore@suddenlink.net</A>)
3. Re: Knowing list members (<A class=moz-txt-link-abbreviated href="mailto:johndelmore@suddenlink.net">johndelmore@suddenlink.net</A>)
4. Re: Knowing list members (<A class=moz-txt-link-abbreviated href="mailto:johndelmore@suddenlink.net">johndelmore@suddenlink.net</A>)
5. Ballistol and other lubricants (Gregor _)
6. Re: Customer Satisfaction (Matthew Todd)
7. Re: Ballistol and other lubricants (Kent Swafford)
8. Re: Ballistol and other lubricants (Tom Servinsky)
9. Re: Knowing list members (Tom Servinsky)
10. RE: Customizing a piano (Bruce Browning)
11. RE: Ballistol and other lubricants (Gregor _)
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<BLOCKQUOTE type="cite">...One of its selling points is that it is not
petro-chemical based, and uses biodegradable ingredients...
<BR></BLOCKQUOTE><BR>This comes from the Wikipedia article and this contains
a link to a quite nonsensical article on White Oil ("White oil is a home
made insecticide spray"!!). One needs to read Wikipedia with great
care. <BR><BR>I use White Oil daily as a lubricant in French polishing, as
do most French polishers. I buy it by the gallon, very cheap. Some
years ago I asked my supplier what this oil was and all he could tell me was
that it is a _mineral_ oil. French polishers in France call it
vaseline oil, and vaseline is petroleum based. If it is a mineral oil,
whether got from coal or oil, then it is most certainly "petro-chemical".
<BR><BR>You can also buy white oil for burning in little decorative lamps
and it is also almost certainly the pricipal ingredient in Johnson's baby
oil and a host of other pharmaceutical products. <BR><BR>If Ballistol is
mainly "pharmaceutical White oil: CAS RN 8042-47-5", then I guess it is very
little else and can therefore be got for fractions of pennies rather than
dollars. There have always been huge profits to be made from putting
valueless liquids into small containers and pretending they're something
special. <BR><BR>I doubt very much whether any harm would be done by wiping
centre pins with white oil when re-centring would do any harm, but I'm not
about to begin doing so. <BR><BR>JD <BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR>
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</DIV>2</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><BR><PRE wrap="">Lord, you old coots need to quit pickin' on that girl!! It's just a shame that you've forgotten 95% of what you knew when you were twenty!!
Myself, I'm a babe in the woods at 43, and only been muckin' around with pianos for three or four years, and Bosie ain't taught me a thing!!
But, I have been a chemist for twenty years. And the Hoppe's oil is very likely made practically in my backyard, at Calumet. In my CHEMICALLY professional opinion, it's not nearly as bad as using WD-40 or 'three-in-one' or most of the other horrid things that people try. But it's not optimal. It will break down, but so will everything else (teflon, perhaps, excluded...unless you're playing that piano on Venus). The biggest problem I see from the MSDS is that it has added fragrances. That's evil. The best solution, from a chemical standpoint, and IMHO (sorry for the 'text-speak'...LOL...aw, heck, I did it again!!) for the piano, is to size the bushings properly with heat, water and methanol (all of which GO AWAY) and whatever reaming is necessary.
Alicia, you're obviously a strong, talented and opinionated woman. Nothing wrong with that. You'll likely put some "artists" in their place some day. But I've seen the "old greybeards" learn stuff on this list...
The key word is "professional".
A Happy Fourth: life, liberty and happiness to you all, and those you love!!
John
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John Delmore
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Best to all,
Debbie Legg
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Using Ballistol as lubricant for action center pins is okay. I have no idea
about its ingredients but the reason why nearly all German piano techs use
it since generations is that it does not gum after a while. Most of my
German collegues use a tool like this for applying only one drop of
it:<BR><BR><A class=moz-txt-link-freetext
href="http://www.manufactum.de/Produkt/0/753674/TropfenoelerAluminium.html?suchbegriff=%F6ler">http://www.manufactum.de/Produkt/0/753674/TropfenoelerAluminium.html?suchbegriff=%F6ler</A><BR><BR>One
year ago, me too I used it for center pins, but in the meantime I use only
Protec CLP anymore. I have 2 of these oilers in my toolcase, one with
Protec and one with Ballistol. Ballistol (and now Protec) are the only one
lubricants which are accepted here in Germany for center pins. With one
exception: your own hair grease (not kidding). When replacing a ceter pin, I
pull the new pin through my hair which makes the pin getting "lubricated".
And no, I am not the hippie type with greasy long hair.<BR><BR>Compairing
Ballistol with Protec I must admit that Protec just works much better. But I
never had problems with Ballistol.<BR><BR>Concerning ballance rail and front
rail pins: most German techs use deer tallow /stag fat because itīs supposed
not to gum, too. I rub a very small portion of it between thumb and index
finger and apply only a very very thin layer on the pins. But never do it
when the bushings are made of leather. Never apply any liquid or any grease
on leather. But here too, there is one exception: you may use "nose fat"
(and again: not kidding): sometimes the leather of the hammer butt is too
harsh so that the jack comes not back easy enough. Some grease could help,
but as mentioned: never apply grease on leather in pianos. So here comes the
trick: rub your index finger left or right from your nose. You will feel
that this part of your face is a little greasier than other parts. Then rub
your finger on the hammer butt leather. And no, I am not the teenage type
like these teenagers from Kentucky Fried Movie where teenage faces are used
to get oil from.<BR><BR>Gregor<BR><BR>
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appointment. It actually went pretty fair. I tried several
things on the note she was complaining about, but I don't really think it
did much. She actually said it improved, but it really didn't.
But hey, if she said it did, I wasn't going to argue with her.<BR><BR>The
note in question is D-30. The piano is a Baldwin grand, and the D is
the note just before the copper wound strings. I did two things to the
note.<BR><BR>I spent some time voicing, and then I made sure the knuckle and
jack relationship was where it is supposed to be. It was off
some.<BR><BR>If you were to play a D Major scale, by the time you hit D-30,
it just doesn't quite match the previous notes. It doesn't quite have
the "life" the others have. It is not bad. In fact, if she
didn't point it out to me (I wish she hadn't!) I wouldn't have noticed it
when I tuned it a month ago. There is just a little "thud" when you
play it. Or like the note is sounding with just a little less force
and volume than the rest. She demonstrated the way it sounds to her by
playing a Sonata she had been practicing. In the piece she is
repeating the D, and that is how she probably discovered it.<BR><BR>I know
this will be difficult to diagnose over the internet, and it is definitely
not something severe that calls for another tech, but it is a good learning
experience for me, and I did tell her I wasn't going to give up, or call her
"picky" or "crazy".<BR><BR>Thanks!<BR>Matthew<BR><BR><B><I>Michael Kurta <A
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<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma size=2> First, get a clear
explanation and demonstration from the customer as to their
complaint. Some folks have a hard time explaining so you'll need to
help them with this. You need all the information you can get to
diagnose accurately. Second try your best to remedy their
problem. 95% of complaints are real and noticeable to the player,
though there are some which may not be correctable, and others that are
imagined. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma size=2> Failing your efforts to
make them happy, call upon another, more experienced tech to help, even if
you have to pay for their time. Chalk it up to training as we've all
had to do this once in awhile. Sometimes a second opinion will
reinforce your solution, and the customer will be satisfied.
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<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma size=2> My favorite motto
is: "The customer isn't always right, but they're always the
customer." Good Luck and let us know how it all worked
out.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV>By coincidence, a tech here in Kansas City recently recommended this
same oiler to me. I wish the reservoir was a bit bigger, but it appears to
be a fine device. Available at:</DIV>
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<DIV class=hmmessage style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">Using
Ballistol as lubricant for action center pins is okay. I have no idea
about its ingredients but the reason why nearly all German piano techs use
it since generations is that it does not gum after a while. Most of my
German collegues use a tool like this for applying only one drop of
it:<BR><BR><A
href="http://www.manufactum.de/Produkt/0/753674/TropfenoelerAluminium.html?suchbegriff=%F6ler"
moz-do-not-send="true">http://www.manufactum.de/Produkt/0/753674/TropfenoelerAluminium.html?suchbegriff=%F6ler</A><BR><BR>One
year ago, me too I used it for center pins, but in the meantime I use only
Protec CLP anymore. I have 2 of these oilers in my toolcase, one
with Protec and one with Ballistol. Ballistol (and now Protec) are the
only one lubricants which are accepted here in Germany for center pins.
With one exception: your own hair grease (not kidding). When replacing a
ceter pin, I pull the new pin through my hair which makes the pin getting
"lubricated". And no, I am not the hippie type with greasy long
hair.<BR><BR>Compairing Ballistol with Protec I must admit that Protec
just works much better. But I never had problems with
Ballistol.<BR><BR>Concerning ballance rail and front rail pins: most
German techs use deer tallow /stag fat because itīs supposed not to gum,
too. I rub a very small portion of it between thumb and index finger and
apply only a very very thin layer on the pins. But never do it when the
bushings are made of leather. Never apply any liquid or any grease on
leather. But here too, there is one exception: you may use "nose fat" (and
again: not kidding): sometimes the leather of the hammer butt is too harsh
so that the jack comes not back easy enough. Some grease could help, but
as mentioned: never apply grease on leather in pianos. So here comes the
trick: rub your index finger left or right from your nose. You will feel
that this part of your face is a little greasier than other parts. Then
rub your finger on the hammer butt leather. And no, I am not the teenage
type like these teenagers from Kentucky Fried Movie where teenage faces
are used to get oil from.<BR><BR>Gregor<BR><BR>
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<DIV><FONT face="Century Schoolbook">You guys over there are very "earthy"
with your remedies. Hair grease, nose grease. Leaves me with
some ideas of what else they may use...</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV
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Friday, July 04, 2008 6:39 AM</DIV>
<DIV
style="FONT: 10pt arial; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal"><B>Subject:</B>
Ballistol and other lubricants</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>Using Ballistol as lubricant for action center pins is
okay. I have no idea about its ingredients but the reason why nearly all
German piano techs use it since generations is that it does not gum after
a while. Most of my German collegues use a tool like this for applying
only one drop of it:<BR><BR><A
href="http://www.manufactum.de/Produkt/0/753674/TropfenoelerAluminium.html?suchbegriff=%F6ler"
moz-do-not-send="true">http://www.manufactum.de/Produkt/0/753674/TropfenoelerAluminium.html?suchbegriff=%F6ler</A><BR><BR>One
year ago, me too I used it for center pins, but in the meantime I use only
Protec CLP anymore. I have 2 of these oilers in my toolcase, one
with Protec and one with Ballistol. Ballistol (and now Protec) are the
only one lubricants which are accepted here in Germany for center pins.
With one exception: your own hair grease (not kidding). When replacing a
ceter pin, I pull the new pin through my hair which makes the pin getting
"lubricated". And no, I am not the hippie type with greasy long
hair.<BR><BR>Compairing Ballistol with Protec I must admit that Protec
just works much better. But I never had problems with
Ballistol.<BR><BR>Concerning ballance rail and front rail pins: most
German techs use deer tallow /stag fat because itīs supposed not to gum,
too. I rub a very small portion of it between thumb and index finger and
apply only a very very thin layer on the pins. But never do it when the
bushings are made of leather. Never apply any liquid or any grease on
leather. But here too, there is one exception: you may use "nose fat" (and
again: not kidding): sometimes the leather of the hammer butt is too harsh
so that the jack comes not back easy enough. Some grease could help, but
as mentioned: never apply grease on leather in pianos. So here comes the
trick: rub your index finger left or right from your nose. You will feel
that this part of your face is a little greasier than other parts. Then
rub your finger on the hammer butt leather. And no, I am not the teenage
type like these teenagers from Kentucky Fried Movie where teenage faces
are used to get oil from.<BR><BR>Gregor<BR><BR>
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not matching anything remotely close to the music? <BR>Tom Servinsky
<BR>----- Original Message ----- From: <A class=moz-txt-link-rfc2396E
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<BLOCKQUOTE type="cite">Well, I don't know if she tuned the piano or not
(did anybody else hear weird 'recording' issues?), but I do know that she
has bigger cojones than me to put THAT piece out to the world. I
liked the spirit. <BR><BR>John Delmore <BR>---- <A
class=moz-txt-link-abbreviated
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<BR>
<BLOCKQUOTE type="cite">This was brought to my attention and does
explain a lot. <BR><BR><A class=moz-txt-link-abbreviated
href="http://www.aliciaevans.9k.com">www.aliciaevans.9k.com</A>
<BR><BR>Best to all, <BR>Debbie Legg
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to Alicia. Come on guys, fair is fair!
Bruce Browning
The Piano Tuner
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Well...somebody has to say it:
Ballistol (Gun oil) is commonly recommended by major German manufacturers as
an action lubricant.
As recently as June 2008 it was recommended by a well-known American piano
designer in a class in Anaheim.
It is especially recommended to lubricate leather key bushings.
Diluted with alcohol it is used like Protek.
As to any distinct differences between German Ballistol and Hoppes gun oil
(which Alicia used), I cannot speak.
Best regards,
Ed Sutton (flame suit on, as Conrad H. likes to say)
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Tom,<BR><BR>donīt ask for details. You donīt want to know it
really....:-)<BR><BR>Gregor<BR><BR>
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<DIV><FONT face="Century Schoolbook">You guys over there are very "earthy"
with your remedies. Hair grease, nose grease. Leaves me with
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<DIV><BR></DIV>Using Ballistol as lubricant for action center pins is
okay. I have no idea about its ingredients but the reason why nearly all
German piano techs use it since generations is that it does not gum after
a while. Most of my German collegues use a tool like this for applying
only one drop of it:<BR><BR><A
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target=_blank
moz-do-not-send="true">http://www.manufactum.de/Produkt/0/753674/TropfenoelerAluminium.html?suchbegriff=%F6ler</A><BR><BR>One
year ago, me too I used it for center pins, but in the meantime I use only
Protec CLP anymore. I have 2 of these oilers in my toolcase, one
with Protec and one with Ballistol. Ballistol (and now Protec) are the
only one lubricants which are accepted here in Germany for center pins.
With one exception: your own hair grease (not kidding). When replacing a
ceter pin, I pull the new pin through my hair which makes the pin getting
"lubricated". And no, I am not the hippie type with greasy long
hair.<BR><BR>Compairing Ballistol with Protec I must admit that Protec
just works much better. But I never had problems with
Ballistol.<BR><BR>Concerning ballance rail and front rail pins: most
German techs use deer tallow /stag fat because itīs supposed not to gum,
too. I rub a very small portion of it between thumb and index finger and
apply only a very very thin layer on the pins. But never do it when the
bushings are made of leather. Never apply any liquid or any grease on
leather. But here too, there is one exception: you may use "nose fat" (and
again: not kidding): sometimes the leather of the hammer butt is too harsh
so that the jack comes not back easy enough. Some grease could help, but
as mentioned: never apply grease on leather in pianos. So here comes the
trick: rub your index finger left or right from your nose. You will feel
that this part of your face is a little greasier than other parts. Then
rub your finger on the hammer butt leather. And no, I am not the teenage
type like these teenagers from Kentucky Fried Movie where teenage faces
are used to get oil from.<BR><BR>Gregor<BR><BR>
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