<html xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" = xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" = xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" = xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"> <head> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; = charset=us-ascii"> <meta name=Generator content="Microsoft Word 11 (filtered medium)">  <style>  </style> </head> <body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=blue> <div class=Section1> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span = style='font-size: 12.0pt'>Jason:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span = style='font-size: 12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span = style='font-size: 12.0pt'>I generally use Protec on hammer flanges and I apply it with all = parts mounted using a syringe.  You can buy large syringes at any = pharmacy.  While these used to be somewhat restricted to keep them from drug addicts, now = they are freely sold so drug addicts won’t share needles and get = AIDS.  <o:p></o:p></span></font></p> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span = style='font-size: 12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span = style='font-size: 12.0pt'>dp<o:p></o:p></span></font></p> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span = style='font-size: 12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span = style='font-size: 10.0pt'>David M. Porritt</span></font><o:p></o:p></p> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span = style='font-size: 10.0pt'><a = href="mailto:dporritt@smu.edu">dporritt@smu.edu</a></span></font><o:p><= /o:p></p> </div> <div> <div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font = size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'> <hr size=2 width="100%" align=center tabindex=-1> </span></font></div> <p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span = style='font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font = size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'> pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>jason kanter<br> <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Sunday, February = 27, 2005 12:51 PM<br> <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> Pianotech<br> <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> which = lubes?</span></font><o:p></o:p></p> </div> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span = style='font-size: 12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=teal face="Trebuchet = MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:teal'>Couple = of questions have arisen for me.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span = style='font-size: 12.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=teal face="Trebuchet = MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet = MS";color:teal'>Steinway upright, 1883, 20 cent pitch raise. In the high treble, I had an awful = time getting the tension to move across the pressure bars. Pull, pound, pull, = pound, pull, whack - no movement - gently pull a little more - string suddenly goes to 5 cents sharp. Lower, whack, lower, whack - no movement = south - suddenly the string is 5 cents flat. Sigh. Pull, pull, etc. What's the = best lube for the region of the string between the pin and the speaking = length?</span></font><o:p></o:p></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span = style='font-size: 12.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=teal face="Trebuchet = MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:teal'>The = other situation is grand hammer flanges. WHen they need some alcohol or some = Protek lube or whatever, what's the neatest way to apply the liquid without sacrificing effectiveness? Choices I've tried are: = </span></font><o:p></o:p></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=teal face="Trebuchet = MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:teal'>(1) = Spray from 1", left to right at an angle and right to left at an angle, = basically thereby soaking the whole flange in liquid and getting the bushings wet. = Messy. Not particularly efficient.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=teal face="Trebuchet = MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:teal'>(2) = Remove every other hammer/flange. Treat the removed ones over a towel, putting a few = drops on each bushing and working the flange back and forth. Treat the others = still attached to the action, tipping the action up on end, putting a few = drops on each bushing, tipping the action the other way and repeating. Then = replace all the removed hammer flanges. The hammer-string alignment is = preserved by the hammers that were not removed. This is time-consuming, and seems inherently uneven because the flanges that are removed get slightly = different treatment from those that are not removed. </span></font><o:p></o:p></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=teal face="Trebuchet = MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:teal'>(3) = Remove them all. Creates an additional issue in hammer-string alignment, takes = longer, but gives the greatest control over the work.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span = style='font-size: 12.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=teal face="Trebuchet = MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:teal'>Thanks = in advance. /Jason</span></font><o:p></o:p></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span = style='font-size: 12.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=teal face="Trebuchet = MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:teal'>(ps. I = am embarrassed to admit that when I was apprenticed in 1970-71 to Sheldon = Smith, the technique I learned was to slather everything with WD-40. This was = my first introduction to WD-40 and Sheldon obviously thought it was great stuff. = I am sure he abandoned that practice upon revisiting some of these poor = pianos.)</span></font><o:p></o:p></p> </div> <div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span = style='font-size: 10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'>| |   | | |   | |   | | |   | |   | | |   | |   | | |   | |   | | |   | |   | | |   | = |  </span></font><o:p></o:p></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span = style='font-size: 10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'>Jason Kanter . piano tuning, regulation & repair</span></font><o:p></o:p></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span = style='font-size: 10.0pt'><a href="mailto:jkanter@rollingball.com"><font = face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-family:"Trebuchet = MS"'>jkanter@rollingball.com</span></font></a></span></font><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span = style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'> . cell 425 830 1561</span></font><o:p></o:p></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span = style='font-size: 10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'>serving the eastside and = the san juans</span></font><o:p></o:p></p> </div> </div> </div> </body> </html>