Ballista

[Isaac OLEG SIMANOT]

Hello,

I used Ballistol some time ago, and have some at the shop.

It works very well indeed, but when I begin to see old actions with all
bushings with some kind of paraffin on it, very difficult to repin, I
suspect it was old Ballistol, and then I stopped to use it.

Beside, I don't know what kind of oil is it, it seems very natural, smell
strong, is not it pine oil ?

Please tell me, Gregor, if long term use is possible, or if it does like any
oil, with time, beginning to be rubbery ?

Shimmel suggest to use it in their Grand regulation manual. It does not seem
to attract dust too much.

Regards.


Isaac OLEG



> -----Message d'origine-----
> De : owner-pianotech@ptg.org [mailto:owner-pianotech@ptg.org]De la part
> de Gregor Weldert
> Envoyé : mercredi 26 septembre 2001 20:57
> À : pianotech@ptg.org
> Objet : Re: Ballistol
>
>
> Hi Jeannie & List,
>
> i´m really astonished that nobody of you uses ballistol! Here in
> germany it
> belongs to the standard equipment of every technician. Nearly every tuner
> uses it (mostly for centers) and only it. Some technicians  use other
> lubricants, but most of the german technicians are really traditionalistic
> and accept only ballistol, becaus their grandfathers used it too ;-)
>
> You can buy here a tool that looks like a fountain-pen, but you
> fill it not
> with ink but with ballistol. So you can apply a single drop right to the
> point where it´s needed. Very usefull even in every houshold and
> a nice and
> exclusive gift for friends. It´s called miser (niggard). to see on
> www.manufactum.de  write in the search-form at the bottom left (german:
> suchen): geizhals
>
> Amazing: ballistol does not work at centers from plastic parts!? Semms to
> depend from the wood-cells, the so-called tracheen/tracheiden
> (could´nt find
> the english translation for that in a dictionary). Does anybody have
> experience with other lubricants (like silicon-spray) on
> plasticpart-centers?
>
> Summary: i can completely reccomend ballistol for working on pianos:
> centers, pedals, lock....
>
> Gregor Weldert
> Germany
>