McLube on keybeds (Was Re: [CAUT] Teaching Piano Tuning)

[Mary Smith]

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Agreed that sluggishness comes more from hold-downs being too tight. But I 
think lubing the glides decreases the drag that can occur when engaging the 
shift. My current favorite product in "Prolube," available from Pianotek. 
It goes on a bit messy, so keep a clean rag nearby to wipe up excess. But 
it is wonderfully slick! I like it on trap levers, too. No squeaks....And 
it doesn't smell!

Mary Smith

At 06:11 PM 11/13/2004 -0500, you wrote:

>Well, I usually wear dark pants so the Teflon powder really gets me! Ive 
>always lubricated those parts but honestly cannot recall once in the last 
>26 years that a squeak originated from the keybed or glidebolts. Its 
>always somewhere else&sluggishness is almost always from the hold-downs 
>being too tight.
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>University of Cincinnati
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>From: McNeilTom@aol.com [mailto:McNeilTom@aol.com]
>Sent: Saturday, November 13, 2004 5:37 PM
>To: caut@ptg.org
>Subject: Re: McLube on keybeds (Was Re: [CAUT] Teaching Piano Tuning)
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>Greetings, Colleagues -
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>I, for one, do not appreciate the use of graphite on the glide bolts or 
>shift iron or keybed .  Inevitably, some of that #%@! ends up on my pants!
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>- Tom McNeil -
>Vermont Piano Restorations


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