Flitz for repetition springs?

[Willem Blees]

Holly

I haven't seen any other reply to your question, so I'll give it a shot.

I've never seen the fly's them selves get crusty. (or rusty), even here in Hawaii. If you have a set that is rusty, unless they are really bad,?or are breaking, I would leave them alone. The only thing on butterfly springs that need to be cleaned out is the groove in which the bend end sits. That, over time, can get very gunky, and will drag the fly, which will impede repetition. You can clean most of the gunk out with a sharp tool, like a small screw driver. However,?you don't want to eliminate the lubrication, because that keeps the spring riding the in groove with ease, and even eliminate a noise spring. 


Willem (Wim) Blees, RPT
Piano Tuner/Technician
Honolulu, HI
808-349-2943
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Author of 
The Business of Piano Tuning
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-----Original Message-----
From: holly quigley <hollyquigley at gmail.com>
To: pianotech at ptg.org
Sent: Thu, 26 Jun 2008 12:32 pm
Subject: Flitz for repetition springs?


I've searched the archives and can't find anything, but I swear I remember someone recommending cleaning crusty (butterfly-style) repetition springs with Flitz. Can anyone tell me if this is a good, bad, or unnecessary idea? Now that I've found my precious bottles of Flitz (Finally!), I'm curious as to just what all I can do with it!
-Holly Quigley, associate

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