OK. I can see that. I guess what I had in mind was rusty strings where one would probably let down the pitch first, then pull up. Avery At 10:33 PM 4/6/2006, you wrote: >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
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