<!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 9.00.8112.16437"></HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Hi,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Especially in the case of drop action spinets and player pianos. The oils are a solution that should be considered.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>GJ in my testing does not harm bass strings damper felts</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>or glue joints. YMMV</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=toddpianoworks@att.net href="mailto:toddpianoworks@att.net">Matthew Todd</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> Sunday, November 20, 2011 7:51 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [pianotech] piano behavior</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #fff; FONT-FAMILY: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; COLOR: #000; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> <DIV><SPAN>Marshall,</SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN>Why would you shove an oiler between action parts to lubricate, instead of pulling the action and actually repinning those sluggish parts?</SPAN></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><B><FONT color=#0000ff size=4><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal"></SPAN></FONT></B><B><FONT color=#0000ff size=4><U>TODD PIANO WORKS</U></FONT></B> <BR><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=3>Matthew Todd, Piano Technician</FONT> <BR><FONT size=3>(979) 248-9578</FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#0000ff size=3><A href="http://www.toddpianoworks.com" rel=nofollow target=_blank>http://www.toddpianoworks.com</A></FONT></DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV style="FONT-FAMILY: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> <DIV style="FONT-FAMILY: times new roman, new york, times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><FONT size=2 face=Arial> <DIV style="BORDER-BOTTOM: rgb(204,204,204) 1px solid; BORDER-LEFT: rgb(204,204,204) 1px solid; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; LINE-HEIGHT: 0; MARGIN: 5px 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; HEIGHT: 0px; FONT-SIZE: 0px; BORDER-TOP: rgb(204,204,204) 1px solid; BORDER-RIGHT: rgb(204,204,204) 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px" class=hr contentEditable=false readonly="true"></DIV><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">From:</SPAN></B> Marshall Gisondi <<A href="mailto:pianotune05@hotmail.com">pianotune05@hotmail.com</A>><BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN></B> <A href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> <BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> Saturday, November 19, 2011 2:17 PM<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B> [pianotech] piano behavior<BR></FONT><BR> <DIV id=yiv231937355> <STYLE>#yiv231937355 .yiv231937355hmmessage P { PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; MARGIN: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px } #yiv231937355 BODY.yiv231937355hmmessage { FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma; FONT-SIZE: 10pt } </STYLE> <DIV> <DIV dir=ltr><FONT size=3 face=Arial>Hi Paul,</FONT><BR><FONT size=3 face=Arial>Thank you for the ideas.  I'll definitally check the seating of the string that's giving the piano trouble.  I think Im going to seat all of the strings on the Yamah I'm visiting this upcoming week. </FONT><BR><FONT size=3 face=Arial></FONT> <BR><FONT size=3 face=Arial>Another thing I'm wondering is this.  I might need to lubricate some sluggish action centers on Monday. I have a bottle with a plastic end to it like a the size of a nose drop dropper. Will this be skinny enough to get between actioi parts to lubricate them, or would the metal oiler work better? I have that one too somewhere. I need to find it again.  If I cannot find it, will places like lowes or home depot sell those or is that somethiing I  need to get throgh a piano supply house?  Thanks again</FONT><BR><FONT size=3 face=Arial>Marshall</FONT><BR><BR><BR><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"><FONT size=3><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Garamond, Times, Serif"><SPAN style="FONT-STYLE: italic">Marshall Gisondi Piano Technician</SPAN></SPAN></FONT></SPAN><BR><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"><FONT size=3><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Garamond, Times, Serif"><SPAN style="FONT-STYLE: italic">Marshall's Piano Service</SPAN></SPAN></FONT></SPAN><BR><B><EM><FONT size=3 face=Garamond>pianotune05@hotmail.com</FONT></EM></B><BR><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"><FONT size=3><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Garamond, Times, Serif"><SPAN style="FONT-STYLE: italic">215-510-9400</SPAN></SPAN></FONT></SPAN><BR><B><EM><FONT size=3 face=Garamond><A href="http://www.phillytuner.com/" rel=nofollow target=_blank>www.phillytuner.com</A> </FONT></EM></B><BR><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"><FONT size=3><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Garamond, Times, Serif"><SPAN style="FONT-STYLE: italic">Graduate of The School of Piano Technology for the Blind <A href="http://www.pianotuningschool.org/" rel=nofollow target=_blank>www.pianotuningschool.org</A> Vancouver, WA<BR><BR><BR><BR><BR></SPAN></SPAN></FONT></SPAN><SPAN style="TEXT-DECORATION: underline"><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"><FONT size=3><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Garamond, Times, Serif"></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></DIV></DIV></DIV><BR><BR></DIV></DIV></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>