<HTML>In a message dated 3/31/03 9:31:35 PM Central Standard= Time, pdtek@mchsi.com writes: <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT= : 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">Seven years ago I had a custome= r with a Wurlitzer console that had very tight wippen centers. After finding= that a bit of center pin lube was not going to do it, I treated them with B= aldwin's bushing shrinking formula of methenol, water and dissolved Ivory so= ap chips. I dried them with the heat gun and it seemed to work fine. Now sev= en years later she wants to sell the piano and the wippen centers are sluggi= sh again. Part of the problem is that the console action and keys are so lig= ht, that any friction anywhere is going to keep the action from returning.</= FONT>   I could repin them, but she = doesn't want to spend that much since frankly, the piano is not worth that m= uch. Does anyone have a sure fire bushing treatment that will loosen the mos= t stubborn centers?   Dave Bunch </BLOCKQUOTE> There is no substitute for doing the job right in the first place. I have ha= d several instances where I tried doing the easy thing, only to get burned. = I have learned the hard way that the only method for eliminating sluggish ac= tion centers, and especially the wippen centers, is to repin. Yes, it's a li= ttle more time consuming, but if you tell the customer right from the start = that the only way to fix the problem is to spend X number of dollars to make= the repair, it will be done with, and you won't have to go back later to do= it right. And that second time will cost you money. Wim </HTML>