<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit;"><div>With all due respect to Susan (whose attitude on most things, pianitious or not, I am quite in agreement with!) if those thread loops can't handle air, what good are they? The worst danger I perceive in these situations is that they and the keybed punchings will disintegrate and blast away, leaving a non-functional action and uneven keyboard, and an unhappy client who will make you fix them for free --- UNLESS you inform the customer beforehand that these things are likely already functionally "toast", hence needing replacement, and the cleaning will likely just prove it. <br /><br />Much Peace,<br />Thumpe<br /><br />P.S. Oh ye fortunate Left Coasters! The action in that piano was CLEAN compared to what I've frequently discovered down here in Jeahjuhhh!</div></td></tr></table> <div id="_origMsg_">
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Re: [pianotech] Curiously curvaceous repetition lever <br>
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<font face="Courier New, Courier, monospace">With due respect to
Euphonious, I'd be extremely cautious before blowing out such an old
action with high pressure compressed air. <br>
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Things like thread loops could turn to toast in a minute or two. <br>
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I'd go at it with a vacuum (HEPA filter preferred) and a very soft
bristle paintbrush. Hold the vacuum hose near the paintbrush and it
will take in the noxious stuff with minimal damage. Of course wearing a
good dust mask and maybe goggles would be a good idea. <br>
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Euphonious Thumpe wrote:
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<div>David!<br>
Please get the filth out of future posts! (I was eating.) And a vacuum
won't do. (Only a real air compressor, from the photos.) I slide
actions into bicycle boxes and then take them to the tyre store
(Anglish) when they're this filthy, and blow them out, outside, with
about 150 PSI if I don't have my A.C. with me. And please wear a mask
and goggles! Breathing this stuff (or having it enter the mucousy
membranes around eyeballs) will quickly render you into a subhumanoid
life form most unpalatable to your spouse! (If you have one. Plugging
your ears with something's a good idea, too, when dealing with such.)<br>
And, Dear Sir, I regret to inform you that you have conflated 2
American classic cartoons: the "Tom and Jerry" cartoon (MGM) featuring
H.R. #2, and the "Bugs Bunny" cartoon (Warner Brothers) also featuring
this great Liszt piece. Please be aware that we take our cartoons very
seriously, here!!!<br>
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Cordially,<br>
Thumpe</div>
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