<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1" http-equiv=content-type> <META name=GENERATOR content="MSHTML 9.00.8112.16430"> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff text=#000000> <DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>I developed GJ for that kind of cleanup.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Dont know if it would be easy to work on your parts.</FONT></DIV> <DIV>Joe Goss BSMusEd MMusEd RPT<BR><A href="mailto:imatunr@srvinet.com">imatunr@srvinet.com</A><BR><A href="http://www.mothergoosetools.com">www.mothergoosetools.com</A></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial; BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=tnrwim@aol.com href="mailto:tnrwim@aol.com">Wim Blees</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, July 20, 2011 2:19 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [pianotech] Damper tail leathers - cleaning and lubricating?</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-WEIGHT: normal">David<BR><BR>I would remove each lever and brush them with a brass suade brush, and see if that work. I would be hesitant to put any kind of "gunk removing liquid" on leather, as it may dry it out.<BR>Wim<BR><BR><BR>Sent from my HTC PURE™, a Windows® phone from AT&T</SPAN><BR><BR> <HR> <SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">From: </SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-WEIGHT: normal">David Boyce <<A href="mailto:David@piano.plus.com">David@piano.plus.com</A>></SPAN><BR><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent: </SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-WEIGHT: normal">Wednesday, July 20, 2011 8:28 AM</SPAN><BR><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To: </SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-WEIGHT: normal">pianotech@ptg.org</SPAN><BR><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject: </SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-WEIGHT: normal">[pianotech] Damper tail leathers - cleaning and lubricating?</SPAN><BR><BR><FONT face=Arial>Er, any chance of nosing in here with a piano-related question, folks?<BR><BR></FONT><FONT face=Arial>I am doing some work on the old Bechstein upright of some friends. There was a lot of combined "creak" on operating the sustaining pedal.  I took out the damper lift rod from the action and it was very gunge-y. I cleaned it with metal polish and applied the thinnest polish, or smear, of Protek grease. However, there is still some combined "creak" from the damper tails. The are covered in leather (buckskin), not cloth.  What are your preferred methods for cleaning and lubricating damper tail leathers like this?<BR><BR>Best regards,<BR><BR>David.</FONT><BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>