Actually,after consideration, I guess the best way to proceed would be to remove the wippens, swish hem around in Super Clean ( this would immediately remove the grossest stuff ) then let them sit in the shade for a few minutes before rinsing to remove remaining slime and old action felts. Then place them on a screen in the sun to dry, flipping regularly. Fans blowing on them speeds up the process. I know this sounds ridiculous, but I do a lot of old players, and little is more disheartening than, after 100's of restoration hours, reasembling the thing with shiny new parts.......and stinking, filthy old wippens! I think I've borne enough ridicule on this subject, so please, everyone, go to Pep Boys, buy a quart of Superclean ( about 6 bucks )swish a wippen in it, rinse, dry, refelt, lube centers and test. See for yourselves. Thanks. To Stinkless Pianos Everywhere Thump --- Tunapianer@AOL.COM wrote: > > In a message dated 8/15/2002 11:06:48 AM, you wrote: > > >Yes, but if you clean, rinse and dry quickly, there > is > >very little possibility of warp, anyway, as the > water > >does not sink in far enough ( action rails) . > > If yuo blast the action with hot water, as Dr. > Thump's procedure recommends, > then you have to remove 88 flanges to let them dry, > I don't think no. 88 is > going to be removed and dried very quickly. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? HotJobs - Search Thousands of New Jobs http://www.hotjobs.com
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