Hi!
Thanks so much for the great tips!!
Baumgartel says they cannot ship to Romania, but they can ship to Hungary... I don't know why is there a difference... both are EU countries..
Yes, silicone can be available here, there are a lot of car parts / paints stores here that have a lot of specialized stuff. Thanks!! The graphite method for repetition springs also seems great! Rubbing alcohol (I also have isopropyl alcohol) can be found here anywhere.
Yes.. we do drive cars... although I am not one of them, many Romanians are very obsessed by BMW, Mercedes and Audi. And yes... SUVs.. I just love my old Renault :) and save money for music.
I've seen on a Romanian page that someone used sewing machine oil to lubricate action parts in an upright piano. What do you think? It is a "fine mechanics" oil, with no acids nor resin, felt / leather friendly (when you sew a garment, if it drops on it it won't affect it).
Thank you guys again!!
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Ovidiu Turcu
Bucharest
+40724414692
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Original Message:
Sent: 01-17-2017 09:53
From: Ivan Jochner
Subject: Alternate lubricants
Hi Ovi,
It`s very strange that supplies from Germany can not send Protek to Romania which is EU country. The post can use ground transportation for that reason.
If you order it from USA, yes they whoud not send it by plane.
(I used to order protek to Ukraine there was no problem at all).
I have even experimented for the sake of interest, Protek is not flammable, its dialuted Teflon but defenately not flammable.
Here is the company to order from:
https://www.pianoteile.com/unsecure/default.aspx
Ballistol Oil is used as an additional lubricant in my kit.
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Ivan Jochner
Senior Piano Technician
Vinnitsa
+380980646308
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Original Message:
Sent: 01-17-2017 06:37
From: Michael Gamble
Subject: Alternate lubricants
A touch of vaseline - applied with a toothpick? in the spring grooves. If you have centre-pin stiffness you could try a soldering iron to heat and expand the pins - might work!
Larivedere Michael UK