Verdigris reply

[pianoman]

Hi Gina,
Hey, thats why we all love Lester Betsy Ross spinets, right?
James Grebe
R.P.T. of the P.T.G. from St. Louis
pianoman@inlink.com
"Success is not a goal, rather it is a way of life".

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> From: Eugenia Carter <ginacarter@msn.com>
> To: pianotech@ptg.org
> Subject: Re: Verdigris
> Date: Friday, February 13, 1998 6:39 AM
> 
> Norm,
> 
> It sounds like a possible solution. After all teflon bushings did work
for
> the purpose of not binding the center pin. However, wouldn't you still
have
> the same environmental reason not to use them, i.e. humidity changes
> swelling the wood around them? Seems I recall this is one of the reasons
> Steinway stopped using teflon bushings themselves. (Another reason is
that
> technicians all over complained so much that they yielded to that
pressure,
> is that correct List?)
> 
> Seems to me that this solution would be a lot of work and would be
> exchanging one known problem for a potential new one. and of course you
> would still have the old parts that one day would probably need to be
> replaced. Hey, maybe not a bad idea-- building in potential new work for
the
> technician maybe? :-)
> 
> Gina Carter, Charlotte NC
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Norm Barrett <barre46@ibm.net>
> To: pianotech@ptg.org <pianotech@ptg.org>
> Date: Friday, February 13, 1998 1:06 AM
> Subject: Re: Verdigris
> 
> 
> >This sounds like a good question. It also sounds like a lot of trouble.
> Another
> >solution to this problem has been in the back of my mind for a long
time.
> It
> >seems to me that it would be easier to accomplish than Susan's
suggestion
> and
> >certainly more certain. Knock out the old bushings and replace them with
> the
> >teflon bushings. Has anyone ever tried this? I cannot see how the
verdigris
> would
> >ever come back using this method. The labor involved is complicated by
> having to
> >remove enough of the birdseye to make room for the teflon bushing but
this
> should
> >be a permanent solution.
> >
> >
> >Susan Kline wrote:
> >
> >> Since the problem arises from sulfuric acid, is there some way to get
the
> >> whole flange and cloth and rail areas more basic? Some little trick
with
> >> baking soda in water and alcohol, for instance? (The alcohol to cut
> through
> >> the paraffin...)
> >>
> >> If rebushing, for instance, could one wash the cloth thoroughly to
remove
> >> any sulfuric acid mordant, and then rinse in a baking soda solution?
Has
> >> anyone ever tried this?
> >>
> >
> >
> >
> >
> 
> 
>