Hi Ron, I must be cixelsyd, I could read your sign off <G> Joe Goss imatunr@srvinet.com www.mothergoosetools.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ron Nossaman" <rnossaman@cox.net> To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: Wednesday, June 02, 2004 7:09 PM Subject: Re: WD40 > > >It's amazing to me that no one has mentioned what the letters > >WD stand for. It's Water Displacement, as in when your > >carburetor floods out! Otherwise, IMHO, WD-40 has no place > >within 10 miles of a piano! JHHO & flame suit on! > > > >Avery > > > Well, OK, but I'd prefer 20 miles. About the second year I was in business, > I did a service call for a dealer - a year old Yamaha with sticking keys. > The guy was right. Those keys would have stuck to just about anything. The > guy who did the dealer's tunings on new pianos had hosed, sorry, HOSED down > the interior of the piano (bass strings and all) to "fix" a squeaking > damper. Turned out, it was a damper lift rod hanger, and it still squeaked, > but the rest of the piano was a throw away. He should have just dipped it. > The piano would still have been turned into a big patio candle, but at > least he might have killed the squeak in the process. > > Folks, this stuff isn't even a lubricant, much less a lubricant suited for > use in a piano. It's all in the archives, in gory detail. > > .sgurd ot on yas tsuJ > > Ron N > > _______________________________________________ > pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives
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