<html><br> <div>I finally got around to working on a 30 y/o Wurlitzer console which I took in on trade 6 months ago.</div> <div>I put it off for as long as I could :-)</div> <br> <div>There was creaking emanating from the damper and hammer springs.</div> <br> <div>I've used a sharp pencil before but I didn't have one long enough for this job.</div> <div>I started with a wire dipped into DAG and swabbed the punching, it worked fairly well.</div> <br> <div>Then I got the idea to use an umbrella stave to administer the DAG to the spring punchings.</div> <div>This worked really well. I closed the tip to fit into the punching better and it acted like a quill pen</div> <div>for delivering the material to the area. Dipping each time into the DAG for each punching.</div> <br> <div>There were still a few noisy ones after applying DAG to both sets, so I went over them again dry</div> <div>at more of an angle. This time I could feel the surface crust on the punchings.</div> <div>After this second pass all is quiet.</div> <br> <div>Had I applied the DAG with the tool at a more of an angle thereby raking the punching surface</div> <div>I might have avoided the second pass although I think it is still a good idea to somewhat burnish</div> <div>the surface following application.</div> <br> Today started out well, let's hope it gets better... <br> Jon Page,   piano technician<br> Harwich Port, Cape Cod, Mass.<br> <a href="mailto:jonpage@mediaone.net" eudora="autourl">mailto:jonpage@mediaone.net</a><br> <font size=3><a href="http://www.stanwoodpiano.com/" eudora="autourl">http://www.stanwoodpiano.com<br> </a></font>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~</html>