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                            Susan Kline &lt;skline@peak.org&gt;;                            <br>
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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&#39;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&#39;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&#39;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&#39;re this filthy, and blow them out, outside, with
about 150 PSI if I don&#39;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&#39;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 &quot;Tom and Jerry&quot; cartoon (MGM) featuring
H.R. #2, and the &quot;Bugs Bunny&quot; 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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