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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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black"><B>From:</B>
<A href="mailto:mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com"
title=mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com>Farrell</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A =
href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org"
title=pianotech@ptg.org>pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, June 09, 2001 =
7:16
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Tight Bushings/Roger's =
Fault</DIV>
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<DIV>I figured that would get your attention! Actually this is a big =
thank you
to<BR>Roger Jolly for telling me about soaking action center bushings
with<BR>water/alcohol solution to free tight action centers (I realize =
he did
not<BR>invent this method, but he was the one that pushed me over the =
edge
and<BR>convinced me to try it).<BR><BR>I went to a new customer last =
week with
a KimBalderetever (Kimball, Baldwin,<BR>Everett, whatever!) console. =
Press
down the keys, half the hammers stay at<BR>the letoff position =
(everything on
this puppy was slow - butt and wippen<BR>flanges, jacks, dampers). She =
had
told me they were sticky, but I figured I<BR>would Protek them. When I =
saw
just HOW SLOW they were I feared that Protek<BR>may not work. So I =
took the
action back to my shop and doused every action<BR>center about six =
times (six
wet/dry cycles) and let them dry, while working<BR>the action
occasionally.<BR><BR>When all was done and dry, everything was working =
very
nice and easy - not<BR>too loose, and not too tight, just right! =
AMAZING. The
lady called me a<BR>piano hero (whatever the heck that might be - =
sounded OK
though)! I knew<BR>better, but hey, I said "thanks!"<BR><BR>Thanks
Roger.<BR><BR>Terry Farrell</DIV>
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<DIV>Once I was reconditioning an old upright with the same =
problem. I
took the action out, put it outside in the hot summer sun while I went =
back in
and did the cleaning, tightening, string seating, etc., then =
went to
lunch (checking the sky first for rain clouds). Came back, =
and the
action had loosened up enough to be regulateable and playable. =
That
worked on a couple other actions, too. In the winter, I've put =
sluggish
actions right in front of a heat register overnight, and in the =
morning they
have freed up. This may work only in fairly dry climates =
(?). If
the centers seize up again during humid weather though, I'll use the =
other
bushing- shrinking methods. --Dave Nereson, RPT,
Denver<BR><BR></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>