Allen, First of all, I didn't say anything about Emralon,...nor did anyone else, that I recall. However, to answer your question, in a round about way.....I use emralon, (the real stuff,not the 'knock off stuff'), it has it's place, but balanciers are not that "place" in my opinion. Everyone seems to think that LACK of friction is the way to go. IT AIN'T! Friction, in control, is needed, IMHO. There needs to be resistance..aka friction, in the wippen/balancier, in order to have control. That's the way I see it. Of course, as many will say: YMMV Regards, Joe Joe Garrett, R.P.T. (Oregon) Captain, Tool Police Squares R I ----- Original Message ----- From: Allen Wright To: joegarrett at earthlink.net;pianotech at ptg.org Sent: 7/30/10 2:24:11 PM Subject: Re: [pianotech] rep spring lubricant.... just curious, Joe - do you think the emralon is simply unnecessary? Or that it actually creates friction problems down the line? Allen On Jul 30, 2010, at 3:30 PM, Joseph Garrett wrote: "I wonder if permalon (sp?) - the green stuff - might in fact be better, because it's harder?" IMO, no lubricant is adviseable! No need. The lubricity between brass and hardwoods, such as hornbeam and maple is sufficient and consistant. Joe Joe Garrett, R.P.T. (Oregon) Captain, Tool Police Squares R I -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20100730/ce3dde67/attachment.htm>
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