String bearing point lubrication

[Mark Schecter]

Avery,

Not to answer for Mike, but I like to lubricate from both sides of the 
capo or pressure bar, just to be sure I get lubricant where it needs to 
be. And when you're about to raise pitch, the wire is moving from the 
speaking length toward the pressure bar.

The reason I prefer to hold a piece of felt in tweezers instead of using 
a brush, is that I can squirt drops from the hypo-oiler onto the felt 
with full control, and never worry about contaminating the bottle with 
piano grime.

-Mark

Avery wrote:
> Mike,
> 
> Why do you reach "up under"? I thought it should be applied from the top!
> 
> Avery Todd
> 
> At 08:01 AM 4/6/2006, you wrote:
>> 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