applying Teflon powder

[William R. Monroe]

Hi Jon,

Yes, the instructions for proper grip are cogent and well presented.  ;-]

Thanks for the description, but wouldn't it be better if we turned ourselves 
a nice rosewood handle for that pipe cleaner?  Again ;-]

Good tip, too.

William R. Monroe


> Grasshopper, the tool is made from two items.
> A pipe cleaner and a length of player piano tubing.
>
> Insert the pipe cleaner into the tubing (which acts as a handle,
> hint: Teflon powder acts as a lubricant for insertion), allowing a half
> inch protrusion of the pipe cleaner beyond the tubing.
>
> Insert the tool (pipe cleaner end first) into the Teflon powder and tap
> the tool on the side of the container to shake loose excess material.
>
> Pick up a key with the other hand which does not hold the Teflon 
> application tool.
>
> Insert the pipe cleaner end (which has the Teflon powder) into the balance 
> rail
> bushing with your thumb orientated towards the front of the key.
> Use a few up & down strokes to transfer Teflon powder from the
> pipe cleaner to the bushing, no twisting/rotating of the tool.
>
> Here's there important part:
> Remove the pipe cleaner straight out (no spinning of the tool). With a 
> slight motion
> of the key-holding wrist, invert and rotate the key 90 degrees and insert 
> the pipe
> cleaner into the front rail bushing, with your thumb now orientated 90 
> degree to
> the front of the key. Use a few up & down strokes to transfer Teflon 
> powder from
> the pipe cleaner to the bushing.
>
> In the first application to the balance rail bushing, you removed powder 
> from two
> quadrants of the applicator for the balance rail bushing; upon rotating 
> and inverting the
> key, you applied powder to the front rail bushing from the two remaining 
> quadrants.
>
> A final insertion and spin of the tool into the balance rail hole finishes 
> the application
> with the residual Teflon left on the tool. Time: 20 minutes per set.
>
> I hope that explanation was clear enough. It has been pointed out to me
> that I've been too vague on some explanations. Sorry, no jpg's available.
> -- 
>
> Regards,
>
> Jon Page
>
>