teflon lube

[David Porritt]

It's carbon black and mutton talow.  Bill Garlick used to call it "that
horrid goo."

Dave Porritt
SMU - Dallas


On Fri, 19 Apr 1996 DBHersh@aol.com wrote:

> In a message dated 96-04-18 22:25:12 EDT, you write:
>
> >Hmmmmmmmmmmm, wonder what that BLACK substance is on the tops of
> >the rep lever, and the jack tender??? : )
>
> John & everyone,
> BTW what is that goop on the underside of new Steinway rep lever spring
> slots? Graphite? I know they have probably been using it for 100 years but on
> the new ones I see it hasn't had time to harden and it is an incredible mess.
> When you adjust the springs that stuff falls down on the keys and eventually
> it even gets on the keybed and if you try to clean it up it makes more of a
> mess. I'm sure it contributes to the knuckles becoming black, it really
> creeps. Anyone know why they use that stuff as opposed to some new space-age
> material.
>
> Doug Hershberger,RPT
>