<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40" xmlns:v = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word"><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2604" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE>  </STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY lang=EN-US vLink=blue link=blue bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial size=4>I use a 3cc with the longer = needle for CA.....immediately fill after use with nail polish remover and use it again.  I use it primarily to put CA on pins.  = </FONT></STRONG></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B> <A title=dporritt@mail.smu.edu = href="mailto:dporritt@mail.smu.edu">Porritt, David</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, February 27, 2005 = 4:07 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> RE: which lubes?</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV class=Section1> <P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Jason:<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P> <P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P> <P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">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 face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P> <P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">dp<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P> <P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P> <DIV> <P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">David M. = Porritt</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P> <P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><A = href="mailto:dporritt@smu.edu">dporritt@smu.edu</A></SPAN></FONT><o:p><= /o:p></P></DIV> <DIV> <DIV class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" = align=center><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> <HR tabIndex=-1 align=center width="100%" SIZE=2> </SPAN></FONT></DIV> <P class=MsoNormal><B><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: = Tahoma">From:</SPAN></FONT></B><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; 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 face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P> <DIV> <P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Trebuchet MS" color=teal = size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: teal; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet = MS'">Couple of questions have arisen for me.</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P></DIV> <DIV> <P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV> <DIV> <P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Trebuchet MS" color=teal = size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: teal; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet = MS'">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 face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV> <DIV> <P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Trebuchet MS" color=teal = size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: teal; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet = MS'">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 face="Trebuchet MS" color=teal = size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: teal; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet = MS'">(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 face="Trebuchet MS" color=teal = size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: teal; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet = MS'">(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 face="Trebuchet MS" color=teal = size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: teal; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet = MS'">(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 face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV> <DIV> <P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Trebuchet MS" color=teal = size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: teal; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet = MS'">Thanks in advance. /Jason</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P></DIV> <DIV> <P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV> <DIV> <P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Trebuchet MS" color=teal = size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: teal; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet = MS'">(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 face="Trebuchet MS" size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">| |   = | | |   | |   | | |   | |   | | |   | |   | | |   | |   | | |   | |   | | |   | |  </SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P></DIV> <DIV> <P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Trebuchet MS" size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'">Jason Kanter . = piano tuning, regulation & = repair</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P></DIV> <DIV> <P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><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 face="Trebuchet MS" size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'"> . cell 425 830 = 1561</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P></DIV> <DIV> <P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Trebuchet MS" size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet = MS'">serving the eastside and the san juans</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P></DIV></DIV></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY><= /HTML>