Please watch the concentrated heat on those plastic parts. Things can get much worse, quick! James Grebe R.P.T. from St. Louis pianoman@inlink.com "A diamond is coal that stayed there", give me the patience to stay. ---------- > From: Susan Kline <skline@proaxis.com> > To: pianotech@ptg.org > Subject: Re: Dumb - Dumb - Dumb > Date: Tuesday, January 20, 1998 12:37 AM > > Dear Ed, > > You're not alone in dumbness, I assure you. > > If this ever happens again, see if the inhabitants of the house own a hair > dryer. Use it as hot and fast as it will go, aimed right down at the hammer > butts, and in 15 or 20 minutes you should have everything back to normal, > maybe even a little less sluggish than before you took it outside. > > Susan > ------------------------------------------------------- > > At 10:10 PM 1/19/98 -0800, you wrote: > > I was so proud of myself. I did a really good, and quick (for me) job on > >a Story and Clark spinet, you know, one of those with the rotten plastic > >parts. I had replaced at least a dozen of those in the past couple of > >years. Today I didn't break one... until F7. Then C8 whippen flange > >cracked. > > OK, no problem, I had the parts in the truck, took out the action, placed > >it on the convenient picnic table outside, and replaced the parts. 15 > >minutes tops. Cleaned up, and put it back in the piano. Now 30 or 40 > >hammers won't return to the rest rail. > > It is a cold and damp day here, and the inside of the house is nice and > >toasty from the wood stove heater. All I can figure is that the wood and > >felts were reacting to the cold and damp outside and swelled up. > > I waited 1/2 hour for the action to re-acclimate, and it was getting > >better. Will check again tomorrow to see if things have returned to normal. > > If I had only done the work on the kitchen floor (standing practically on > >my head) I would have looked like a champ instead of a chump. Dum Dum Dum..... > >Ed Carwithen > >Oregon > > > ----------------------------------------------- > > Susan Kline > P.O. Box 1651 > Philomath, OR 97370 > skline@proaxis.com > > "Cheer up! Things may be getting worse at a slower rate." > -- Ashleigh Brilliant >
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