Dear List- Steinway now treats key bushings, rep cushions and key end felt with liquid Maclube 444. Drag is negligible after treatment and lasts longer than Protek. My 2 cents. David > >He showed me that pushing a bit sideways on the key whilst pushing >downwards revealed a lot of friction. So I started checking it out by >over emphasizing the sideways component of depressing a key and found >that there was actaully quite a bit of drag there. >I took the worst of the two and removed the action, top action, and >started looking at the key bushings. They were a bit worn, and I was >aware of that before hand. There was also a blackish buildup of some >combination of dirt dust and corrosion from the pin. So I decided to >just try and add a couple drops of CLP to each bushing and also re coat >the pins. > >The affect was astounding. We normally think when we play that it is >just a downward motion of the key we are dealing with.... but this >experience has demonstrated better then any other I have had that there >is much more to it then that. The action feels and plays like silk >compared to how it felt before this treatment. David C. Brown RPT Staff Piano Technician School of Music The University of Texas at Austin mailto:dcbrown@mail.utexas.edu
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