Steinway Drinking

[Roger Jolly]

Thank's Greg,
                     I was confusing it with mentholated spirits. This side
of the border they dye it purple to stop some people from drinking it.
Roger



At 04:49 PM 28/03/00 -0500, you wrote:
>I thought that mineral spirits was another name for paint thinner.
>Greg Newell
>
>Roger Jolly wrote:
>
>> Hi Jim,
>>            Is mineral spirits, almost pure methanol?  If so it can soften a
>> hammer down quite radically.
>> Roger.J
>>
>> At 08:08 AM 28/03/00 -0500, you wrote:
>> >
>> >In a message dated 3/28/2000 7:29:00 AM, you wrote:
>> >
>> ><<So far it looks like nobody knows what mineral spirits will do to a
>> >Steinway pinblock or action.
>> >
>> >Any guesses out there?>>
>> >
>> >Well Roger since "guesses" are acceptable :-)
>> > The mineral spirits make a lubricating/sizing  action take place in the
>> >action centers..,as you have discovered and reported and will eventually,
>> >many years down the road, possibly lead to the formation of verdigris in
>> >those affected parts. (this based on experience following a tech who years
>> >ago thought mineral spirits was a magic elixir and used it very
copiously on
>> >'everything'...most of what he treated has developed some degree of
>> >verdigris...even in those instruments where it is not commonly found.)
Other
>> >than these two thingees and some 'staining' I would not "guess" the
mineral
>> >spirits to be a problem but I haven't seen the 'damage' :-)
>> > The pin block is a very different matter though. I would "guess" that
>> >initially the pins in the affected area would be less tight 'feeling' than
>> >normal. After the mineral spirits has dried sufficiently I would "guess"
>> that
>> >some degradation of torque values would be apparent and as the block dries
>> >out as much as it ever will I would expect the affected pins to develop a
>> >snapping/jerky feel...but that is just a guess based on SWAG rather than
>> >experience.
>> >Jim Bryant (FL)
>> >
>> Roger Jolly
>> Saskatoon, Canada.
>> 306-665-0213
>> Fax 652-0505
> 
Roger Jolly
Saskatoon, Canada.
306-665-0213
Fax 652-0505