<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=us-ascii"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1276" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY> <DIV><SPAN class=970535811-21122003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff = size=2>Very good approach in regard of the humid/dry season (summer/winter) Clyde. = Thanks for that !</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=970535811-21122003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff = size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=970535811-21122003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff = size=2>Regards.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=970535811-21122003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff = size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=970535811-21122003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff = size=2>Isaac</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <STYLE>  </STYLE> <TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width=600 border=0> <TBODY> <TR> <TD> <TABLE height=80 cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width=600 = align=right border=0> <TBODY> <TR> <TD class=tiny> <TABLE style="BORDER-RIGHT: #666666 1px solid; BORDER-TOP: = #666666 1px solid; BORDER-LEFT: #666666 1px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: = #666666 1px solid" height="100%" cellSpacing=0 width=600> <TBODY> <TR bgColor=#ffffff> <TD class=tiny width="100%" height=1> <TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=1 width="100%" = border=0> <TBODY> <TR> <TD class=logotext style="PADDING-LEFT: = 5px"></TD> <TD class=noro style="PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; = FONT-SIZE: 7pt" = align=right>Pianotech</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD> <TD class=tiny></TD></TR> <TR> <TD colSpan=2> <TABLE height="100%" cellSpacing=2 width="100%" = align=right border=0> <TBODY> <TR style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 4px" height=1> <TD class=noro style="PADDING-LEFT: 4px" vAlign=top><B>Isaac OLEG</B><BR><I>accordeur - = reparateur - concert</I> </TD> <TD class=noro style="PADDING-RIGHT: 4px" = vAlign=top align=right>19 rue Jules Ferry<BR>94400 VITRY = sur SEINE </TD></TR> <TR height=1> <TD class=noro style="PADDING-LEFT: 4px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 4px" vAlign=bottom><A class=psl = href="mailto:oleg-i@noos.fr" target=_blank>oleg-i@noos.fr</A> </TD> <TD class=noro style="PADDING-RIGHT: 4px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 4px" vAlign=bottom align=right> <TABLE cellSpacing=0 align=right border=0> <TBODY> <TR> <TD class=noro noWrap align=right>tel: = <BR>fax: <BR>mobile: </TD> <TD class=noro style="PADDING-LEFT: 4px" = noWrap align=right>033 01 47 18 06 98<BR>33 01 47 = 18 06 90<BR>033 06 60 42 58 77 = </TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR></TBODY></T= ABLE></TD> <TD></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR> <TR> <TD class=tiny colSpan=2> <TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%"> <TBODY> <TR> <TD align=left><A class=brand = href="http://www.plaxo.com/signature" target=_blank><I>Powered by Plaxo</I></A></TD> <TD align=right><A class=brand = href="http://www.plaxo.com/signature" target=_blank><I>Want a signature like this?</I></A></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR> <TR> <TD align=middle colSpan=2><A class=brand = href="https://www.plaxo.com/add_me?u=12885059450&v0=310641&= k0=119568798" target=_blank><I>Add me to your address book...</I></A></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px = solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr align=left><FONT = face=Tahoma size=2>-----Message d'origine-----<BR><B>De :</B> pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org]<B>De la = part de</B> Clyde Hollinger<BR><B>Envoyé :</B> dimanche 21 = décembre 2003 12:28<BR><B>À :</B> Pianotech<BR><B>Objet :</B> Re: = slow returning hammers<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>Julia, <P>What was your indication that the humidity was too high?  In = summer I could believe it, but it would be quite unusual in December in our = location. <P>Here is my general rule of thumb.  If the sluggishness is a = problem in the summer but not in the winter, then excessive moisture is likely = the problem, and installing a heat bar and control is likely to = help.  If the sluggishness is year round, lowering the humidity will not help, and = the problem needs to be solved some other way.  Others have already = responded with some good advice. <P>Bringing the action to your home to dry it out will be of no = benefit if it will be returned again to the same environment.  The piano needs = to work where it "lives." <P>Regards, <BR>Clyde Hollinger, RPT <P>Alpha88x@aol.com wrote: <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE="CITE"><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=-1>Greetings,</FONT></FONT> <P><FONT face=Arial><FONT = size=-1>          &nb= sp; I went to a home where there was a Chickering console piano that the = hammers return at a snail's pace after the key is struck. I suggested that = the hammer bushings around their center pins may be swelled due to = humidity resulting in tightness and friction causing the slow motion = return.  He had a heater bar in the piano and I suggested that he plug it in to = dry up some moisture. He did. Two weeks later he calls and tells me it only = helped allittle and the thing is still unplayable.</FONT></FONT> <P><FONT face=Arial><FONT = size=-1>          &nb= sp;  I am thinking that the only thing left to do is to bring the action = home and put it near a radiator so they dry out, and give each pin a shot of = protek. Any other suggestions?</FONT></FONT> <P><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=-1>thanks,</FONT></FONT> = <BR><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=-1>Julia Gottchall,</FONT></FONT> = <BR><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=-1>Reading, PA</FONT></FONT> <BR>  = <BR>  <BR>  <BR> </P></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>