<html> <body> Agreed that sluggishness comes more from hold-downs being too tight. But I think lubing the glides decreases the drag that can occur when engaging the shift. My current favorite product in "Prolube," available from Pianotek. It goes on a bit messy, so keep a clean rag nearby to wipe up excess. But it is wonderfully slick! I like it on trap levers, too. No squeaks....And it doesn't smell! Mary Smith At 06:11 PM 11/13/2004 -0500, you wrote: <blockquote type=cite class=cite cite>Well, I usually wear dark pants so the Teflon powder really gets me! Ive always lubricated those parts but honestly cannot recall once in the last 26 years that a squeak originated from the keybed or glidebolts. Its always somewhere else&sluggishness is almost always from the hold-downs being too tight.       ``````````````````````````````````` Eric Wolfley Head Piano Technician College-Conservatory of Music University of Cincinnati ````````````````````````````````````   <hr> <div align="center"></div> From: McNeilTom@aol.com [<a href="mailto:McNeilTom@aol.com" eudora="autourl">mailto:McNeilTom@aol.com</a>] Sent: Saturday, November 13, 2004 5:37 PM To: caut@ptg.org Subject: Re: McLube on keybeds (Was Re: [CAUT] Teaching Piano Tuning)   Greetings, Colleagues -   I, for one, do not appreciate the use of graphite on the glide bolts or shift iron or keybed .  Inevitably, some of that #%@! ends up on my pants!   - Tom McNeil - Vermont Piano Restorations</blockquote></body> </html>