<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>RE: lubricating V-bar</title> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"/> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"/> <style> </style> </head> <body bgcolor="#ffffff"> <div align="left"><font face="Arial" size="2">Lubrication is OK, such as protek, I've used a drop suspect tuning pins coils...rarely do this though...the most important item is to tap the tension down a hair then bring the pitch up.   I do not bring above normal pitch on anything I'm concerned about.  Twice/thrice through and I'm out of there.  I belong to the string breaking gives me the willie's society...<br/><br/>David Ilvedson, RPT<br/>Pacifica, CA 94044<br/><br/> <div style="padding-right: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-bottom: 5px; border-left: #000000 3px solid; padding-top: 5px"> <hr/>Original message<br/>From: mosley's <mosley@classicnet.net> </mosley@classicnet.net><br/>To: pianotech@ptg.org<br/>Received: 2/17/2008 4:56:45 PM<br/>Subject: lubricating V-bar<br/><br/> <div align="left"><font face="Arial" size="2">I have used protek for some time now, no problems, I use an artist brush to apply, on verticals under the pressure bar and v-bar.  Rarely have a broken string.  It is very controllable to apply with the small brush.</font></div> <div><font face="Arial" size="2">Phil</font></div> </div></font> </div> </body> </html>