zapper for sluggish action

[Lynn Rosenberg]

Hi Elliott, well, I have one and would be lost without it.  I have a friend
who'm is going to make at least 3 of them.  I could let you know and how
much it would cost to make more of them.  Lynn

----- Original Message -----
From: Eliot Lee <elee@amug.org>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Tuesday, November 28, 2000 6:05 PM
Subject: zapper for sluggish action


>
> > If a little dose of hair dryer and a dampp chaser rod aren't enough, I
> > bite the bullet, take the action home, and repin all the hammer centers.
> > Plus I zap or repin any slow jack and wippen centers I find. It takes
> > awhile, but I've seen too many truly seized actions from someone
spraying
> > in some magic potion. If you just do the whole thing, it is fixed, and
> > the sluggishness won't come back to plague you.
> >
> > Susan
> >
> Hey Bud & Susan,
>
>     I would like to get a zapper too, because this will be a repair for a
> store which doesn't want to admit they sold a sick piano, yesterday I was
> scolded by the store owner for not being diplomatic with the customer.
>
>     I am sorry if it doesn't work, I will tell them frankly not try to
hide
> behind some salesman rhetoric.
>
>     I know if I repin the flanges it will take plenty of hours and I
> wouldn't be compensated properly enough to begin with, nor do I have much
> time this month....  If it is something that I can fix during a tuning
then
> I will be a hero and called back in good favor.
>
>     If I can't get a zapper could you please describe it exactly so that I
> can make one?
>
>     Thanks,
>
> Eliot
>
>