Humidity and new parts

[Farrell]

Jim: When you speak of "treating" the action centers with your
water/alchohol mixture, is this aimed at resizing the bushings so that they
are a bit more loose?

Terry Farrell
Piano Tuning & Service
Tampa, Florida
mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com

----- Original Message -----
From: <JIMRPT@AOL.COM>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Monday, July 31, 2000 11:55 PM
Subject: Re: Humidity and new parts


>
> In a message dated 7/31/2000 10:31:08 PM, Karintunes@AOL.COM writes:
>
> << I hope someone can suggest an *alternate high-quality brand* that can
take
> the
> wet.  Renner didn't work out in another piano here.  Japanese?
> Karin Schmitt
> Florida Keys>>
>
> Karin;
> There ain't none.
>  What you can do that will make life a 'lot' easier is treat the reps, all
> centers, of your choice 'before you install them. They will install a
little
> loosely but they will not swell to the "sluggish" point so rapidly after
> being treated nor will they be quite as tight when they do...and being in
the
> Keys they will for a while :-(, at least until they hit an equilibrium
> point....but you probably know that huh?
>
>  After treating and before installation a 'little' dab of Protek CLP on
> flange/jack/balance rail centers, will also help with your delemma.
>
> My treatment of choice would be a 60/40 alcohol/water mixture and I would
let
> the thingees 'air' dry rather than force dry them. This is the method I
used
> when I accepted Cruise Ship pianos and it worked very well.
> Jim Bryant (FL)
>