This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment Joe -- =20 I always considered LPS to be an electrical contact cleaner/lubricant, = but I checked their website and it looks like it would be relatively harmless = to a piano if used carefully. As long as wicking and over spraying onto other parts can be avoided there is probably little harm that would be done.=20 =20 For more info on LPS-1 go to: http://www.lpslabs.com/Products/Lubricants/LPS1.asp =20 -- Thanks -- Geoff Sykes -- Assoc. Los Angeles =20 -----Original Message----- From: pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] On = Behalf Of Joseph Garrett Sent: Tuesday, December 27, 2005 9:52 AM To: pianotech Subject: Precautions re string breakage Thomas said: "=20 I was taught to paint a little Liquid Wrench onto the pressure bar and=20 "V" bar points before attempting a pitch raise but have long since=20 abandoned the practice. There are times when lubrication might help, I=20 suppose, but the only times I've used it in recent memory was to improve = the tunability of a string which was rusty and dragging on the=20 understring cloth." =20 I recommend LPS-1 lubricant, rather than Liquid Wrench. The later, stays there, forever, and is a magnet for dust/dirt. Whereas, LPS-1, = lubricates and disapates into nothingness after a few hours. Also, I've found the = use of an impact tuning lever helps ease the possibility of breakage. On = grands, however, the impact thingee is not an aid, IMO. (?) =20 =20 Joe Garrett, R.P.T. (Oregon) Captain, Tool Police Squares R I =20 =20 ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/11/87/9d/11/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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