String bearing point lubrication

[Michael Spalding]

Geoff,

I use a small (#2?) round artist brush, bristles about 3/8" long.  Seems to reach up under the pressure bar pretty well.  Disadvantage:  Every time you dip the brush into the bottle, you're washing piano grime off the brush into your Pro-Tec, so don't refill your squirter from the same bottle you dip the brush in.

Mike

----- Original Message ----- 
From: Geoff Sykes 
To: Pianotech at Ptg. Org
Sent: 4/5/2006 8:28:04 PM 
Subject: String bearing point lubrication


Greetings all --

I have had good success with using ProLube to lubricate the string bearing points in older and/or rusty pianos. Any opportunity to reduce the risk of string breakage is alright with me. Since I don't want any of it to contaminate other parts of the piano I don't actually spray it, but have instead been using a cotton swap to apply it. I'm writing today because there just has to be a better way. Especially when you want to get some onto those contact points behind the pressure bar on a small upright. Any suggestions?

-- Geoff Sykes
-- Assoc. Los Angeles
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