WD40 again

[Farrell]

"Still, how about WD40 on hammers - someone?"

Likely a great idea - for grand pianos in churches and lounges - might help
repel the onslaught of red wine in churches and martinis/beer/etc. in lounge
pianos - 'course, maybe martinis in some churches......

As Jimmy Buffet said: "It's a fine line between Saturday night and Sunday
mornin'".

Seriously though, anyone that sprays WD40 on a set of hammers should be
shot.

Terry Farrell


> Thanks for the info - I believe my patient was actually a Cable-Nelson
> console. And I *swear* I could see where the original screw holes were for
a
> normal hinge. However, the vandal-proof notion helps me make sense of
*why*.
> The piano had been in a church for who knows how long. Still, how about
WD40
> on hammers - someone? Anyone? Beuller?
>
> -ilex
>
> }-----Original Message-----
> }From: pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org]On
> }Behalf Of Tom Driscoll
> }Sent: Saturday, November 06, 2004 2:34 AM
> }To: Pianotech
> }Subject: Re: WD40 again
> }
> }
> }
> }----- Original Message -----
> }From: "ilex cameron ross" <i1ex@earthlink.net>
> }To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org>
> }Sent: Friday, November 05, 2004 7:31 PM
> }Subject: WD40 again
> }
> }
> }> Another one of my fun appointments this week was an
> }> almost-impossible-to-open upright. Nothing out of the ordinary about
this
> }> piano, just your average console. Except that some DEAR soul had for
some
> }> unknown reason gone and removed the lid hinges and replaced them with
> }> unbendable thick L-shaped pieces of steel held in place by thick
rusting,
> }> stripped, allen-wrench bolts. *frustration and strife*
> }>
> }> ilex
> }
> }    Ilex,
> }    The Everett studio "school" pianos have that arrangement to "vandal-
> }proof " the piano.
> }    and the reason that they are stripped is probably from attempts to
> }remove them with an incorrect tool.
> }    I service quite a few of these and have the correct Allen wrench in
my
> }kit.
> }    I'm too lazy to go out to the shop to measure but my recollection is
> }that the wrench is 1/4" size
> }    In a pinch you can remove them by inserting the shaft end of your
handy
> }hammer (the one that fits into the combination handle) into the bolt as a
> }make shift tool.
> }Don't make a habit of this as the bolt is a lot harder than the
> }tool and the
> }tool will lose the fight.
> }    DAMHIK
> }    Tom Driscoll
> }
> }
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