Well, personally, I'd rather try olive oil than WD-40 as a lubricant. :-) I've seen the damage WD-40 can do to a piano. Especially when sprayed on the tuning pins to clean off the rust! Of course, I've also seen some of the damage that those olive type drinks can do, too! :-D Avery At 05:57 PM 6/3/2006, you wrote: > >That might well be ture, James, but I seriously >doubt that olive oil is going to replace good >old WD-40 as the lubricant of choice.................... > >robin >----- Original Message ----- >From: <mailto:jimfrazee at msn.com>James H Frazee >To: <mailto:pianotech at ptg.org>Pianotech List >Sent: Saturday, June 03, 2006 6:52 PM >Subject: Re: Slow Hammer Return > >there may be hammer return springs broken. They >come off when we pull dropped mutes out of the >action. When that happens, most of us put them >back in the slot most of the time.... > >I have a super-long pair of tweezers (about 9") >just for this purpose (originally bought to get >olives out of jar without pouring juice in my, >uh, beverage of choice.) It's amazing how many >pianos have this problem when first encountered. > > >---------- >No virus found in this incoming message. >Checked by AVG Free Edition. >Version: 7.1.394 / Virus Database: 268.8.1/355 - Release Date: 6/2/2006 > >No virus found in this outgoing message. >Checked by AVG Free Edition. >Version: 7.1.394 / Virus Database: 268.8.1/355 - Release Date: 6/2/2006 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20060603/29936608/attachment.html
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