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Date: | Wed, 20 Jan 1993 18:53:48 EST |
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> Question: This organ became available at a price I could afford
> largely because the maintenance on it was getting to be too
> much for the church it was in. In particular, it had been
> redone in Perflex in the early 70's. As a player piano
> restorer, I have the skills necessary to do all of the
> re-leathering. The problem I have is getting the old Perflex
> off. None of the tricks I use on player piano stuff seem to
> work - it won't sand or scrape off, heat doesn't help....
> Has anyone found a reasonable way to get this gook off???
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Tom,
Your perflex removal project is very small compared to the one I've
worked on....DON'T fret - the stuff can be removed by scraping and
with patience. from stem to stern it should take you about 40 minutes
per pneumatic to remove, scrape, releather and reinstall it. I am
refering to the modular austin units.. We removed 162 ranks on 14+
chests worth of perflex from our organ here at school..
If you trust yourself with a planer or a stationary belt sander
That will help speed you job.. The above time, I listed is based
on hand scraping and sanding
80 grit sand paper was our friend for a long time...
Kevin Douglas Chun
The Curtis Organ Restoration Society/ U of Pa
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