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<p class=MsoNormal><span class=StyleCourrierlectronique23><font =
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color=navy face=Arial><span lang=EN-US =
style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-US'>Suddenly tight : =
I’ve
seen that when<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Protek CLP =
was used
on Renner Parts (I suspected something with the graphite in the flanges) =
did
you use some ?<o:p></o:p></span></font></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span class=StyleCourrierlectronique23><font =
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style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-US'>Beside, I don’t =
like assist
springs for touch reasons (less =
control).<o:p></o:p></span></font></span></p>
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style="mso-spacerun:
yes"> </span>Isaac OLEG<o:p></o:p></span></font></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Tahoma><span =
style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:black'>-----Message d'origine-----<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>De :</span></b>
pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org]<b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>De la part de</span></b> Mark Dierauf<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Envoyé :</span></b> =
jeudi 4 décembre
2003 05:19<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>À :</span></b> =
pianotech@ptg.org<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Objet :</span></b> Squeeking =
rep lever
springs on Tokiwa wips</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span =
style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'><span style="mso-spacerun: =
yes">
</span></span></font><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span =
lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black;mso-ansi-language=
:EN-US'>In
the past year I installed two sets of “Miracle Wips”, made =
by Tokiwa via
Pianotek. Both sets quickly developed fairly noisy squeaks where the rep =
lever
spring slides in the slot on the underside of the lever. I tried clear =
Teflon
and protek, both on the spring and in the slot, which originally had =
painted on
graphite. The springs are clean, and don’t appear to have any =
loose or missing
plating or corrosion, and I’ve looked with a microscope. Both =
pianos are in
humidity-controlled environments. Both these sets are also plagued by =
“Suddenly
Tight Center-Pin Syndrome” with friction jumping from 2 – 3 =
grams to 20 – 30
grams! After just spending several hours each on both pianos, pulling =
every wip
and checking/repining flanges & jacks and lubing all the slots, the
customer calls back to say: “Its baa-ack!”<span =
style="mso-spacerun:
yes"> </span>Has anyone ever run across this on any piano and =
found a
permanent solution?</span></font><font size=2 color=black =
face=Arial><span
lang=EN-US =
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size=2 color=black face=Arial><span lang=EN-US =
style='font-size:10.0pt;
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EN-US'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black;mso-ansi-language=
:EN-US'>-
Mark</span></font><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span =
lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black;mso-color-alt:win=
dowtext;
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