<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 5.50.4912.300" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>"<FONT face="Times New Roman" = size=3>What's CLP? A lubricant that will ease the rusty bearing points without<BR>creeping = into the tuning pins?"<BR><BR>|| ||| || ||| || ||| || ||| || ||| || ||| || = |||<BR>JASON KANTER * PIANO TUNING<BR></FONT><A = href="mailto:jkanter@rollingball.com"><FONT face="Times New Roman" = size=3>jkanter@rollingball.com</FONT></A><BR><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>425 562 4127  *  fax 425 562 = 4132</FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3></FONT></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>    I was referring to = Protek CLP, which means "cleaner, lubricant, and protectant". It's a lubricant which = dries quickly, and retains it's lubricity after dry. It won't affect tuning = pins, in fact I've used it directly on some of those Baldwin 300 inch pound = monsters. In that application it had a slightly helpful effect, probably not as much = as I had hoped for, due to the fact that I don't think it was able to penetrate = the block. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>    I used to use liquid = wrench on upright bearing points, but CLP seems to work just as well, and doesn't smell.</DIV> <DIV><BR><BR></DIV></FONT> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Kevin E. Ramsey<BR><A href="mailto:ramsey@extremezone.com">ramsey@extremezone.com</A></FONT><= /DIV></BODY></HTML>