<HTML><HEAD> <META charset=US-ASCII http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; cha= rset=US-ASCII"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1106" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #fffff= f"> <DIV> <DIV>In a message dated 1/24/2006 11:13:33 AM Pacific Standard Time, davidsk= olnik@optonline.net writes:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue = 2px solid"><FONT face=Arial>Lastly, while I haven't done much (any) <BR>li= quid resizing of Permafree 2 bushings, I intend to, (regardless of <BR>wheth= er it works or not) as I spent much time tracking down the correct <BR>denat= ured alcohol</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Bookman Old Style">You certainly can't hose 'em down= and walk away. The bushings are unpredictable in their response to methanol= . It is most likely to work if they aren't much too tight (whatever that mea= ns, probably eight grams or less, although I have found them up to 18),=  AND if you can check them in a couple of hours, AND IF you accept= that variable, mostly extremely low friction is a good thing. On average, I= find it about as efficient to repin.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Bookman Old Style"></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Bookman Old Style">Steinway says to use as little as poss= ible, which is hard to control on closely-spaced shanks in situ. I have take= n shanks off, found two with equal friction as measured by a gram gauge, car= efully placed exactly 1.0000 drops of methanol on each bushing, and had them= measure different when dry.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Bookman Old Style"></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Bookman Old Style">Bob Davis</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>