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<font face="Arial">Hi Tony,<br>
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Thanks for that. I do indeed know Lanolin! Lanolin is technically
sheep sebum. Humans produce sebum too. It's a lipid (oil or fat)
substance produced at the base of hair follicles by the
auto-destruction of specialised cells in a tiny gland at the base
of each follicle. The sebum lubricates the follicle and makes its
way out onto the skin where it has a protective and moisturising
effect. Since sheep have a lot more follicles, they make a lot
more sebum! It is extracted from the shorn wool fleece and
processed to clean it up, for a variety of subsequent uses,
including in emollient creams.<br>
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End of technical note!<br>
<br>
I'm not sure about the leather reviver in the link you posted.
Seems to me its for, like, leather furniture. The leather on
these damper lever tails is more like the buckskin on grand
rollers or upright hammer butt notches, which has a soft
unpolished surface with a kind of "napp". DId Reblitz talk about
cleaning grand rollers with naptha? What would be a more modern
equivalent? I must say I liked Wim's brass brush idea as it
could, like a suede brush, restore the surface "napp" without
leaving any substance in the leather.<br>
<br>
Rhum is the name of an island off the West coast of Scotland......<br>
<br>
Best regards,<br>
<br>
David.<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Hi
David,</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">I
would think a leather reviver as in this English site shows.
Something
that you can spray on and say the work of taking them off.
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.desolvitshop.co.uk/acatalog/Leather_Reviver.html">http://www.desolvitshop.co.uk/acatalog/Leather_Reviver.html</a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">I
have used a thinned down lanolin, tipped an action on its
end
and dripper the solution down the lift rod. Worked for six
years that I knew
the piano, after that ??</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">You
know lanolin, of the sheep’s back. Haven’t
tried Rhum so can’t comment</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Tony</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Tony
Caught</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:acaught@internode.on.net">acaught@internode.on.net</a></span></p>
<span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">0427
850 737</span></blockquote>
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