I too love the small - its like anise or licorice. I put a little dab behind my ear and I have found that the tips from my lady clients have gone up substantially. [?] On Sat, Mar 21, 2009 at 9:51 AM, Dave Davis <dave at davispiano.com> wrote: > Steve Brady introduced me to Ballistol a couple of years ago. Even though I > respect him highly as a technician, I have sparingly used it here & there > and have been impressed with it (plus it smells good!). I have added it to > the magic liquids in my tool kit. > > I have heard that Bosendorfer recommends Ballistol to lube leather > keybushings, but have not confirmed it. > > Best regards, > Dave Davis > Davis Piano Service > 425-226-0102 > > ------------------------------ > *From*: Ryan Sowers > *Date*: Sat, 21 Mar 2009 09:40:43 -0700 > *To*: <pianotech at ptg.org> > *Subject*: Re: [pianotech] squeaking leather key bushings > I have found Ballistol to be great stuff for keybushings. On grands I > remove the key upstop rail and tip the action up on end and use a small > artist brush to apply a thin coating to the pins. It seems to work as good > as anything - and I've tried most of whats out there. I like that its a > fairly "natural" product. If I have the keys out of the piano I put it on a > small rag and just wipe the keypins. That way you don't put on too much. > > On Sat, Mar 21, 2009 at 5:40 AM, John Ross <jrpiano at win.eastlink.ca>wrote: > >> *Ballistol, from Mother Goose Tools should work for leather.* >> *John Ross* >> *Windsor, Nova Scotia* >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> *From:* Gregor _ <karlkaputt at hotmail.com> >> *To:* pianotech at ptg.org >> *Sent:* Saturday, March 21, 2009 9:24 AM >> *Subject:* [pianotech] squeaking leather key bushings >> >> List, >> >> what would you use to eliminate the squeaking of old leather key bushings? >> I assume nothing that is liquid or greasy? What´s about talkum powder or >> teflon powder? And what´s about Protec CLP (which is liquid)? >> >> A customer called me today and complained about squeaking. I tuned her >> piano and eliminated some squeaking 6 weeks ago, but I can´t remember the >> origin of that squeaking nor what I did to fix it. Given that it was a key >> squeaking and not an action squeaking I assume that I applied some talkum >> powder to the leather. If so, it seems that this is not a long lasting >> solution for that problem. What would be better in the long run? >> >> Maybe that I am completely wrong and that the squeaking had another >> source, e.g. the center of the jack or whatever. >> >> Gregor >> >> ------------------------------ >> Get news, entertainment and everything you care about at Live.com. Check >> it out! <http://www.live.com/getstarted.aspx> >> >> > > > -- > Ryan Sowers, RPT > Puget Sound Chapter > Olympia, WA > www.pianova.net > -- Ryan Sowers, RPT Puget Sound Chapter Olympia, WA www.pianova.net -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech_ptg.org/attachments/20090321/c33e57df/attachment-0001.html> -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: image/gif Size: 611 bytes Desc: not available URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech_ptg.org/attachments/20090321/c33e57df/attachment-0001.gif>
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