go to your local farm & feed store they will have syringes with needles for farm animals and, in our case, pianos On Aug 17, 2009, at 5:37 PM, Ken & Pat Gerler wrote: > I have a local Antique parts supplier for furniture, etc, and they > stock syringes and all the items to get into close quarters like that. > > The supplier is WSI Distributors; wsidistributors.com. Email at talk2us at wsidistributors.com > . I use the syringes with Protek. A fitting on the syringe has a > 1.5 inch thin metal tube and that accepts a thin plastic tube sold > it foot lengths which you can cut to any size. I have to replace > the syringes periodically as the Proteck works on the rubber gasket > on the inside. > > Ken Gerler > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Piano Boutique > To: pianotech at ptg.org > Sent: Monday, August 17, 2009 4:16 PM > Subject: Re: [pianotech] Lubing Jack Flanges in Uprights > > If you ask your local vet, you can get a with a nice tip made of > plastic. Piano Tec got them for me. > > William > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Amadeus Piano > To: pianotech at ptg.org > Sent: Monday, August 17, 2009 1:09 PM > Subject: Re: [pianotech] Lubing Jack Flanges in Uprights > > Thanks guys—of course… I’ll pick up a syringe today. I was going > nuts trying to dab a drop with a long q-tip. > Gary > > From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] > On Behalf Of John Ross > Sent: Monday, August 17, 2009 12:34 PM > To: pianotech at ptg.org > Subject: Re: [pianotech] Lubing Jack Flanges in Uprights > > Syringe, with needle, lets you put stuff where you want. > John Ross > Windsor, Nova Scotia > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Amadeus Piano > To: pianotech at ptg.org > Sent: Monday, August 17, 2009 12:57 PM > Subject: [pianotech] Lubing Jack Flanges in Uprights > > Hello all, > > I’m looking for advice on the best way to lube the jack flanges on a > 70s Story & Clark console piano. Is it necessary to remove the > wippens to do this properly? It’s all pretty tight. > > This piano has a handful of notes skipping—plays the first few > times, then stops playing, key goes up and down but hammer doesn’t > jump forward. The jack’s not resetting. > > I believe the likely culprit is the jack flange or maybe even the > jack spring. (The keys appear to work ok—the fronts come up nicely, > bushings don’t seem too tight, no rubbing against neighbors; the > wippen cushions appear ok, the capstans appear well regulated, etc.). > > And because it sat un-serviced and un-played for so long, I’d like > to lube all the flanges. > > I have Protek but I don’t have any sort of long wand to spray it, > carefully, that far back. > > Thanks in advance for any assistance, Gary > > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20090817/bd78efab/attachment-0001.htm>
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