verdigris question

[Eugenia Carter]

Dear Pppdude,

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A piano exhibiting the symptoms you describe should be should be evaluated
by a piano technician, not a novice. Give us your location and we will be
happy to give you the names of PTG technicians closest to your area.

Gina Carter

----- Original Message -----
From: <Pppdude@cs.com>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Sunday, August 27, 2000 1:24 AM
Subject: verdigris question


> I've come across an old S&S upright which I strongly suspect has a
verdigris
> problem, and a very severe one at that.
>
> Basically, each and every key is sluggish, and many do not return at all
to
> their resting position after being played.  The instrument is not
playable.
> The owner says it just needs "a good cleaning".  I disagree.  I don't
think
> humidity is the problem either, since the climate around the piano is not
> extreme, and the owner says the sticking problem does not seem to change
with
> the seasons.
>
> I am not a piano technician, so I'm interested to know if there is there
is
> an accurate way to diagnose this problem (without calling in a
technician),
> and if there are any new and exciting ways to treat this problem that I
could
> suggest to the owner.
>
> Does anybody know of any other possible causes of this instrument's
misery?