I never heard of that idea of a zapper and it sounds really weired to me. How long does it take, I mean how long do you zapp one center pin? Would it not be easier, quicker and more long lasting to replace that pin? Gregor ------------------------------------------ piano technician - tuner - dealer Münster, Germany www.weldert.de > Date: Tue, 2 Mar 2010 15:09:57 -0700 > From: mark.purney at mesapiano.com > To: pianotech at ptg.org > Subject: Re: [pianotech] Center Pin Zapper > > I've heard other claims that the results can sometimes be permanent, or > at least long-term. Maybe the ironing effect of the heat reconfigures > the bushing fibers in some cases, but not others? I'll experiment and > see what kind of results I get - it's not a complicated or expensive > device to build. Thanks for the information! > > > On 3/2/2010 1:57 PM, Michael Magness wrote: > > I have one I rarely use, it's results are temporary at best. The > > results of the device is/are heat, resulting in drying the flange > > bushing cloth thereby cauing it to stop sticking. The problem of > > course is that the humidity returns and with it the problem. > _________________________________________________________________ http://redirect.gimas.net/?n=M1003xHotmail2 Alles in einem Postfach – Ich will Hotmail! -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20100303/63304952/attachment.htm>
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