query lubes back

pianoman pianoman@inlink.com
Wed, 4 Mar 1998 12:48:51 -0600


Hi Jim,
I had CLP on my list . Is CPL different?
James Grebe
R.P.T. of the P.T.G. from St. Louis, MO. USA, Earth
pianoman@inlink.com
"Sometimes it is really good to be pleasantly surprised without knowing
what you did right.".

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> From: JIMRPT <JIMRPT@aol.com>
> To: kam544@ionet.net; owner-pianotech@ptg.org; pianotech@ptg.org
> Subject: Re:  Re: query lubes
> Date: Wednesday, March 04, 1998 12:21 PM
> 
> 
> In a message dated 3/4/98 11:57:02 AM, kam544@ionet.net wrote:
> 
> <<"I am surprised you haven't at least tried Protek or MPL-1.">>
>  Keith;
>  I have "tried" most of these lubricants and I did not mean to mislead by
> saying I don't/haven't "use" them.  It is my feeling that if an action
part
> needs "lubrication", other than jack and balancier rail, than there are
other
> problems that can, and should be, be solved by fixing the 'problem' and
not
> treating the 'symptom'.   In instances where time is of the essence I
suppose
> anything that works for the moment will suffice, but the "problem" should
be
> addressed when there is more time available.
> In applications other than action parts I think anything that works is
fair
> game. 
>   One thing that James did not have on his list was Protek CPL, which I
find
> to be a very efficacious treatment on plastic flanges/parts on an
instrument
> that has not been used for a long time.
> Jim Bryant (FL)


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