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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Tom, </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> First of all, if the =
tops of the
dowels are smooth, I probably wouldn't bother doing anything to them. =
The hammer
butt heel is going to be new with new felt anyway. I suppose you could =
always
try burnishing some teflon power into the felt, if you were worried =
about
friction in this area. The coating on top of the dowels looks like some =
kind of
DAG which is well burnished, and highly polished. I'm not sure how they =
get it
like that, but it would probably be best to just leave it =
alone.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Kevin.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, October 12, 2003 =
10:01
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Steinway V dowel =
capstans</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT face=Geneva =
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size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF">List<BR>I will be rebuilding my first =
piano this
year. And I do mean year, because that's how long it will =
probably take
me. So I will be on the list now and then asking for =
advice.
<BR><BR>The piano is a Steinway V, a vertical piano built in =
1917. It
has a good soundboard, and pinblock, but suffers from poor hammer
repetition. I plan to replace the entire action, strings, and =
refinish
the case.<BR><BR>Today I began. I glued on 5 new ivories where =
there
were none, and I thought I'd lube the capstans while the keys were =
out.
The dowel capstans are wood with a black coating on the top which =
looks like
DAG. It's not that I sense alot of friction at the top of the =
dowel, but
is there a preferred method of lubing and thus reducing friction in =
this type
of capstan? (On brass capstans I polish with BRASSO and then =
coat it
with TFL50.)<BR><BR>Tom Sivak<BR><BR></BLOCKQUOTE></FONT><FONT =
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