btw that "list" is Susan Graham's with a little help form her friends at the back of the new edition of Steve Brady's book "Field Guide to Piano Repairs" published by PTG. Chris ----- Original Message ----- From: "Richard Brekne" <ricb at pianostemmer.no> To: <caut at ptg.org> Sent: Friday, October 31, 2008 3:12 AM Subject: [CAUT] S&S Key Bushings > Lots of methods here... thats to be sure. Chris mentioned something in > Esberg about a list compiled by one of our members that deals with > different kinds of lubricants... which ones do and dont go well > together. The S&S bushing thing was the subject matter. > > For myself, I like to stick first and formost to cleaned and polished > pins and a bit of telfon powder brushed into the bushings. This seems to > work for just about any kind of bushing around and stays slick as grease > going through a goose for several years. I use something akin to a pipe > cleaner to apply. I used to use liquid lubricants like prolube but > found a couple pianos that started getting sticky after a while. Seems > to be something that reacts to some bushing material. One never really > knows whats been done before so teflon in powder form seems the best bet > to me. Doesn't really have a chance to react with anything else. > > Cheers > RicB > >
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