<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" http-equiv=Content-Type> <META name=GENERATOR content="MSHTML 9.00.8112.16430"> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY style="WORD-WRAP: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space" bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>in action. no need to remove parts. But do tighten all binding screws.</FONT></DIV> <DIV>Joe Goss BSMusEd MMusEd RPT<BR><A href="mailto:imatunr@srvinet.com">imatunr@srvinet.com</A><BR><A href="http://www.mothergoosetools.com">www.mothergoosetools.com</A></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px" dir=ltr> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial; BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=rob@mccallpiano.com href="mailto:rob@mccallpiano.com">Rob McCall</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> Monday, August 01, 2011 2:39 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [pianotech] Guess which pin...</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV>Ryan, <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>So do you remove the parts first and then treat?  Or is there a way to treat them while still in the action? Or is that too limiting for the range of motion that's needed to exercise the joint after the treatment?</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>Rob</DIV> <DIV><BR> <DIV> <DIV>On Jul 31, 2011, at 08:43 , Ryan Sowers wrote:</DIV><BR class=Apple-interchange-newline> <BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><SPAN style="WIDOWS: 2; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; TEXT-INDENT: 0px; LETTER-SPACING: normal; BORDER-COLLAPSE: separate; FONT: medium Optima; WHITE-SPACE: normal; ORPHANS: 2; WORD-SPACING: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px" class=Apple-style-span>I've tried various ratios. I'm not completely convinced that it makes a lot of difference. Personally I use 50/50 denatured alcohol and water. I think air drying works than artificially drying it with a heat gun or hair drier. It gives the parts more time to swell. For this to be most effective, the parts should really seize up at first.<SPAN class=Apple-converted-space> </SPAN><BR><BR>That being said, heat does seem to be effective as well in some cases. But I would try that after the initial treatment has thoroughly dried.<BR><BR>This type of treatment is somewhat hit or miss. It's not very controllable. Sometimes it doesn't work as well as you would like, other times it works all too well! But, it can make a non-functioning piano playable again with very modest effort and damage to the clients checking account.<BR><BR>Ryan</SPAN></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>