Customising a piano

[Willem Blees]

Alicia

Using any kind of oil on action parts might make the action seem faster for a while. But?oil attracts dust and humidity. You might find that in the near future the action will start to become sluggish. The dirt cannot be removed from the cloth,?which means replacing all the action cloth. That will give you some?good experience replacing bushings. 

PS. Does your?e-mail program have a spell check? If you do, try using it. If it doesn't,?as Garrett suggested. read through your message very carefully before sending it. And as a side note, dyslexia doesn't?keep you from?using capital letters. OR are you trying to?write like e e cummings? 


Willem (Wim) Blees, RPT
Piano Tuner/Technician
Honolulu, HI
808-349-2943
www.bleespiano.com
Author of 
The Business of Piano Tuning
available from Potter Press
www.pianotuning.com


-----Original Message-----
From: A E <eve_ane at hotmail.co.uk>
To: Pianotech List <pianotech at ptg.org>
Sent: Wed, 2 Jul 2008 2:32 pm
Subject: RE: Customising a piano


Yes actions pinns, as well as balance rail and front rail pins, i applied it with a small aplicator i got from Don Affleck's catalogue, it made very much a big diference in how action feels.
As i said i put a set of hammers in that belongs in an imperial Bosey, after oiling it became lighter and more responcive, ill send u details with what oil i used if you like (give me?a day or two to find the old bottle). I?used a ummm......tampon (literally), i ripped the string out of the back and it made enough space inside of it, so i soaked it in some oil, and it made a perfect pocket for lubricating balance rail and front rail pins.
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i put out experiments to perhaps sometime in the future make my own donation to the piano industry with something no one has ether thought of or put into use... such experiments i didnt write about, but do include some of pianos structure...
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hope this helps
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Alicia
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> 
> I'm struggling with this. By "center pins" do you mean the ACTION center 
> pins? You REALLY lubricated them with oil? How much? How did you apply it? 
> What made you decide to do it? What exactly was the difference it made? And 
> the same questions for the front rail pins.
> 
> Is it OK to carry out such experiments? On your own piano, yes. You could 
> try setting your own piano on fire as an experiment too, if you like. Who's 
> to complain? But it's not OK on a customer's piano, I think.
> 
> Best,
> 
> David.
> 
> 
> 


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