<!doctype html public "-//w3c//dtd html 4.0 transitional//en"> <html> <body bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> Soap Chips ??? This is a new one on me.... anyone else ever used soap as a lubricant on center pins ???... experience ?? RicB Dave Bunch wrote: <blockquote TYPE=CITE><style></style> Seven years ago I had a customer 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 Baldwin's bushing shrinking formula of methenol, water and dissolved Ivory soap chips. I dried them with the heat gun and it seemed to work fine. Now seven years later she wants to sell the piano and the wippen centers are sluggish again. Part of the problem is that the console action and keys are so light, that any friction anywhere is going to keep the action from returning. I could repin them, but she doesn't want to spend that much since frankly, the piano is not worth that much. Does anyone have a sure fire bushing treatment that will loosen the most stubborn centers? Dave Bunch</blockquote> -- Richard Brekne RPT, N.P.T.F. UiB, Bergen, Norway <A HREF="mailto:rbrekne@broadpark.no">mailto:rbrekne@broadpark.no</A> <A HREF="http://home.broadpark.no/~rbrekne/ricmain.html">http://home.broadpark.no/~rbrekne/ricmain.html</A>   </body> </html>