String bearing point lubrication

[Mark Schecter]

Hi, Joe.

Next time I have a piano that's slated for restringing, I'm going to try 
coating some of the bass strings (and not others) with Protek or 
GooseJuice. I would like to start testing whether it's possible to 
protect them, like plain wire, from oxidizing, without destroying them. 
Thanks for mentioning this.

-Mark Schecter

Joe And Penny Goss wrote:
> Hi Geoff,
> On old uprights it is quite easy with my micro thin oiler. Not quite as 
> thin as my diabetic needles but close. Thick enough that I just feel 
> the  tip click along as I gently squeese out the Goose Juice. Which by 
> the way does not seem to have done any harm to bass strings that I 
> soaked about 3 years ago. No dust gathering on them either.
> Still I take the precaution to keep GJ from running onto the windings or 
> damper felts by moping up with a rag as I go.