Hi all. A couple of days ago I asked the group about Naphtha and other liquids that might free up an old Steinway action. The hammers were really stiff (1 to 1.5 swings) so I removed each hammer, lubricated, wagged them back and forth, and got about 5 swings out of them. I was so proud of myself until I put the action back in the piano. The action moved much better but two other things happened: 1. The piano had a more mellow tone--almost muffled in some areas 2. About four notes have a strange small tinny sound almost like a guitar string is being plucked. Is it possible that the strings aren't hitting exactly in the same (deep) grooves as before? I put some travel paper under the tinny notes which helped some but not all. Still learning and looking forward to your opinions, Michelle Smith -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20060905/a3aa68f9/attachment.html
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