<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=windows-1252"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1264" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE 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=Alpha88x@aol.com = href="mailto:Alpha88x@aol.com">Alpha88x@aol.com</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, January 08, = 2004 9:18 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> alcohol application = for sticking hammers </DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT lang=0 face=Arial size=2 = PTSIZE="10" = FAMILY="SANSSERIF">greetings,<BR><BR>     &nbs= p;         I have a Chickering shortened action which had tremendously sluggish = hammers. I gave it one treatment of 70% alcohol and 30% H2O with a hypo = syringe. It helped. I repeated the treatment the second time and yeilded an even = better result. The question is if one is good and two is better, should I = give it a 3rd pass? OR can a third treatment be too much or harmful?<BR><BR>Thanks,<BR>Julia Gottchall,<BR>Reading PA = </FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV>    It is possible to shrink the center pin = bushings too much.  I used straight water once, in my early days, following = the directions in some book on piano servicing.   It = was a very sluggish action, but 100% water  worked too well and = I ended up having to do a lot of re-pinning.  </DIV> <DIV>--David Nereson, RPT</DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>