[CAUT] key-easing pliers?

[Joe And Penny Goss]

Goose Juice plus is nolonger available as centerpins and copper windings
turned green when suspended in that wonderful stuff for a year.
How do you spell Vertigre?
Did not want the responsibility of offering a product that would cause
problems if used the wrong way.
Goose Juice will not discolor pins or windings. I have even soaked bass
strings with it without any ill effects.
However I still use a rag when lubing an upright that has rusty strings. I
hates to tie knots. <g>
Joe Goss RPT
Mother Goose Tools
imatunr at srvinet.com
www.mothergoosetools.com
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jim Busby" <jim_busby at byu.edu>
To: "College and University Technicians" <caut at ptg.org>
Sent: Thursday, July 19, 2007 1:34 PM
Subject: Re: [CAUT] key-easing pliers?


> Doug,
>
> Leather lasts! Some of the leather bushings Vince put in 10 years ago
> are still in great condition. With up to 17 hours per day playing on a
> piano it wears out cloth bushings in about 2-5 years here, depending
> upon use, even when we lube it.
>
> We've tried about every lube available and found that Newton Hunt's (I
> miss Newton...)  use of Micro Fine Teflon in the cloth with Protek Pro
> lube (Not CLP) on the pins seems to give us the best results. S&S uses
> Pro lube as well. Mclube will gum up sometimes (Ask Rick Florence) even
> though we used it for years.
>
> Balistol (SP?) is used effectively on leather and "Goose Juice" (Mother
> Goose Tools)with balistol used to be available. I don't know if Joe
> sells it anymore. However, even with leather the Prolube/Teflon works
> well. In other leather parts balistol is the lube of choice.
>
> Jim Busby BYU
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: caut-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of
> Douglas Wood
> Sent: Thursday, July 19, 2007 11:08 AM
> To: College and University Technicians
> Subject: Re: [CAUT] key-easing pliers?
>
> Anyone tried ultrasuede for bushings? The piano-industry stuff that's
> in use now for knuckles and backchecks? VERY consistent.
>
> While I'm on it, do you use leather because it lasts longer? I've
> been having pretty good luck with wetting the bushings and spraying
> keypins with McLube. Increases the bushing life 5-10 times, I think.
> Though I haven't done the obvious experimentation...
>
> Doug Wood
>
>
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