State University of New York at Stony Brook Stony Brook, NY Joseph Vitti Piano Technician Music 516 632-7330 14-Jul-1995 10:07am EDT FROM: JVITTI TO: Remote Addressee ( _pianotech@byu.edu ) Subject: Center Pin Lubricant At the risk of plugging a product I'm responsible for, I would like to respond to the center pin postings. First I'd never think of using silicone on an action center. The stuff doesn't dry and because of this it will travel and wick to areas you may not want it. Why risk damaging a piano finish with silicone? Protek CLP is a product that has been on the market for 6yrs and is being used by many techs. The product is a fluoropolymer so you get the slip of a teflon type lubricant, but once the solvent evaporates you have a lubricant protectant that molecularly bonds to the center pin and felt. If the bushing needs shinking first I use the alcohol and water solution, let it dry and then apply Protek CLP. Protek has also been proven to free action centers that are contaminated with verdigris. Give it a try. My apologies if this post sounds like an ad.
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