<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 5.50.4616.200" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi Mike,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Most likely if you examine the bushings = closely, you are going to find</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>nicotine tar contamination on the = bushing felt. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Protech or Goose Juice might help the = stickies for a while, but most likely the problem will show up again in a few years.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I would reccomend sizing the felt with water/alcohol 20/80. Then lube.</FONT></DIV> <DIV>Joe Goss<BR><A href="mailto:imatunr@srvinet.com">imatunr@srvinet.com</A><BR><A href="http://www.mothergoosetools.com">www.mothergoosetools.com</A></DI= V> <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=mjbkspal@execpc.com = href="mailto:mjbkspal@execpc.com">Mike and Jane Spalding</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> Friday, August 24, 2001 = 9:54 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Smoke damage?</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>List,</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>Recent posts about smoke damage warned us that = smoke is highly corrosive, and it can take years for the full effect to show up = in a piano.  On another thread, some of you shared methods for = removing tobacco smoke odors from pianos.  Question:  Can tobacco = smoke damage a piano the same way house-fire smoke can, if it is exposed for = a long enough time?  I'm trying to estimate a "reconditioning" = (read:  "make it play OK without spending too much") of a vertical that spent = the first 30 years of its 45 year life in the same small house with a = heavy pipe smoker (he smoked a LOT, don't know his weight).  The piano = and  the house no longer smell smoky, having had 15 years to air out.  = Also, the piano was more or less not played and not serviced for the last 15 years.  Now the wippen flanges are so tight the hammers take = about 5 seconds to return, if they come back at all.  So, is it safe to = assume that this is typical tight bushings, size and lube?  Or is it = likely the smoke corroded the center pins, requiring repinning?</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>thanks</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>Mike = Spalding</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>