Lubricating V-bar

[Jon Page]

>  Would it be ideal or necessary to lower tension on the string 
>before brushing the V-bar

It would have to be pretty corroded to need that kind of attention. 
Simply treat all
bearing surfaces with Goose Juice or Protek. Lower the tension on each string
until you hear the release (a few cents lower) and pull to pitch.

What usually causes strings to break is trying to pull the wire to pitch and
the friction at the v-bar or agraffe restricts rendering and the string segment
at the tuning pin becomes too high...POW.  Lowering the tension breaks that
tension and allows the string to pull right through. If there is 
ratchetting and
jumping while trying to nail pitch, sometime another application of CLP works;
most times the only remedy is string replacement.
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Regards,

Jon Page
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