<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; = -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; "><DIV><DIV>On Nov 7, 2005, at = 9:08 AM, Farrell wrote:</DIV><BR = class="Apple-interchange-newline"><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><SPAN = class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; = border-spacing: 0px 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; = font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: = normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: auto; = -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; = -apple-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; = white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><FONT = face="Verdana"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: = Verdana; ">What about lubrication on the cloth bushing material to = minimize friction and increase = longevity? </SPAN></FONT></SPAN></BLOCKQUOTE><BR></DIV><DIV>What I = have been doing for 25 years is to polish the keypins (currently with = Flitz) and then spray the keypins (not the bushings!) with McLube while = the keys are still off the keyframe. This can lengthen the life of the = bushings considerably.</DIV><DIV><BR = class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Much the same benefit, = though much less longlasting, can be had by applying Protek center pin = cleaner/lubricant to the keybushings, applied while the keys are still = on the keyframe.</DIV><DIV><BR = class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><BR = class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Kent</DIV><DIV><BR = class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><BR = class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>PS -- I've recently heard = opinions against using McLube on keypins, but it sure seems to work for = me.</DIV><DIV><BR = class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>KES</DIV><BR></BODY></HTML>=