<!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 6.00.2900.2769" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT size=2>I got a Schimmel technical manual at Kansas City = that calls for "Hirschtalg": deer tallow!  </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>Stanwood suggested microfine Teflon.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>--Cy--</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B> <A title=mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com href="mailto:mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com">Farrell</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Monday, November 28, 2005 = 11:50 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Key Bushing = Lubricant</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Does anyone know anything about using = a tallow/graphite or tallow/microfine-Teflon-powder mixture as a key-pin/key-bushing lubricant? Anyone know where to find a suitable = form of tallow?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Terry Farrell</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>FWIW: This isn't my idea!</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>