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size=2>Couple of questions have arisen for me.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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size=2>Steinway upright, 1883, 20 cent pitch raise. In the high =
treble, I had an
awful time getting the tension to move across the pressure bars. Pull, =
pound,
pull, pound, pull, whack - no movement - gently pull a little =
more -
string suddenly goes to 5 cents sharp. Lower, whack, lower, whack - no =
movement
south - suddenly the string is 5 cents flat. Sigh. Pull, pull, etc. =
What's the
best lube for the region of the string between the pin and the =
speaking
length?</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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size=2>The other situation is grand hammer flanges. WHen they need =
some alcohol
or some Protek lube or whatever, what's the neatest way to apply the =
liquid
without sacrificing effectiveness? Choices I've tried are: =
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size=2>(1) Spray from 1", left to right at an angle and right to left =
at an
angle, basically thereby soaking the whole flange in liquid and getting =
the
bushings wet. Messy. Not particularly efficient.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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size=2>(2) Remove every other hammer/flange. Treat the removed ones =
over a
towel, putting a few drops on each bushing and working the flange back =
and
forth. Treat the others still attached to the action, tipping the action =
up on
end, putting a few drops on each bushing, tipping the action the other =
way
and repeating. Then replace all the removed hammer flanges. =
The
hammer-string alignment is preserved by the hammers that were not =
removed. This
is time-consuming, and seems inherently uneven because the flanges that =
are
removed get slightly different treatment from those that are not =
removed.
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size=2>(3) Remove them all. Creates an additional issue in =
hammer-string
alignment, takes longer, but gives the greatest control over the
work.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=025032518-27022005><FONT face="Trebuchet MS" =
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size=2>Thanks in advance. /Jason</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=025032518-27022005><FONT face="Trebuchet MS" =
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size=2>(ps. I am embarrassed to admit that when I was apprenticed in =
1970-71 to
Sheldon Smith, the technique I learned was to slather everything with =
WD-40.
This was my first introduction to WD-40 and Sheldon obviously thought it =
was
great stuff. I am sure he abandoned that practice upon revisiting some =
of these
poor pianos.)</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Trebuchet MS" size=2>Jason Kanter . piano =
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<DIV><FONT size=2><A href="mailto:jkanter@rollingball.com"><FONT
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. cell 425 830 1561</FONT></FONT></DIV>
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