Hi All, Avery you're correct! At 10:43 AM 11/15/96 -0600, you wrote: >Jim, > > I may be wrong but I interpreted it as the newspaper layers needed to be >on top of the keys (or keybed) in case any linseed oil dripped through. As >protection. Not inside the lock itself. > Don, am I correct? > >Avery > >>Caution: >> >>I once left a linseed oil soaked rag lying on a piano bench. After about >>5 hours spontaneous combustion took place. It began to smoke and then >>burst into flame. I sure hope that doesn't happen with wadded newprint in >>the piano lock cavity. >> >>Jim Coleman, Sr. > >>> Hi All, >>> >>> Avery, remove the fall board, place several layers of newspapers under the >>> lock and apply some linseed oil--it will tend to "gum up" and your rattle >>> will be history. >>> > >>> Regards, >>> Don Rose, B.Mus., A.M.U.S., A.MUS., R.M.T., R.P.T. > >_____________________________________ >Avery Todd, RPT >Moores School of Music >University of Houston >713-743-3226 >atodd@uh.edu >_____________________________________ > > > Regards, Don Rose, B.Mus., A.M.U.S., A.MUS., R.M.T., R.P.T. "Tuner for the Centre of the Arts" drose@dlcwest.com 3004 Grant Rd. REGINA, SK S4S 5G7 306-352-3620
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