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<DIV>Joe Garrett, R.P.T.<BR>Captain, Tool Police<BR>Squares R I</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message -----
<DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A
title=joegarrett@earthlink.net =
href="mailto:joegarrett@earthlink.net">Joe
Garrett</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>To:</B> <A title=jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca
href="mailto:jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca">jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca</A> =
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<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, November 09, 2004 9:14 AM</DIV>
<DIV><B>Subject:</B> Re: Hard to tune upright</DIV></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>John,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I would NEVER put ProTech or anything =
else, that
stays around indefinately, on the pressure points of the strings! The =
only thing
I've ever used is LPS-1. It will not stay around and "contaminate", like =
all
others I've tested. It dispels water and lubricates...that's all. It =
disipates
w/in a few days and doesn't "creep" into places we don't want =
it.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>As for this specific piano, (i.e. PSO), =
the problem
probably lies in the Counter Bearing Bars. This model has been notorious =
for
this problem. Years ago, Del, as a matter of course, used to take the =
Counter
Bearing Bars off of NEW S&S uprights and grind them down, so that =
the Bar
would do what it was supposed to do....Counter Bear.<G> I've run =
into many
of these beasts and don't like them atall! It is difficult to convince =
the
Client, that their revered/lovely S&S has a major problem =
w/production
Quality Control and needs to be "Modified"! Horrors! Yikes! Gadzooks!
etc.<G></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Best Regards,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Joe Garrett, R.P.T.<BR>Captain, Tool
Police<BR>Squares R I</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>