<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div>Out in the shop this afternoon putting stuff away and attempting to clean up some, I came across a little round can of graphite stuff that I've had forever. It has been totally covered in black gunk since I've had it, so I decided to clean it up and see if I could read the label. Turns out it's from Tuners Supply, specially formulated for piano use, whatever that is. I've used it on machinery a couple of times through the years, but never in a piano. Don't see any reason to start now, but I thought someone might be interested in seeing the label of a real antique supply item.<br><br>Ron N</div><div><br></div><div>I probably shouldn't share this information because I regret that a predecessor frequently used something similar on knuckles, bushings and such.  Really messy and doesn't work as good as teflon  powder or protek.  He said he made it with graphite & lanolin.</div><div>Tom</div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; "><div><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div>A FINE TECHNICIAN</div><div>Thos. Carpenter - Piano Technician</div><div>303.684.6766</div><div><a href="http://www.AFINETECH.com">www.AFINETECH.com</a></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"></div></span><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"> </div> <br></body></html>