> Date: Thu, 14 Aug 1997 11:03:41 -0500 (CDT) > To: pianotech@ptg.org > From: "Thomas D. Seay, III" <t.seay@MAIL.UTEXAS.EDU> > Subject: Mink oil on knuckles > Reply-to: pianotech@ptg.org Thomas, Any kind of oil is inappropriate for knuckles as it will attract dust from the air and make a mess. It also tends to make the depression from the jack into the knuckle more pronounced and quicker as it softens the buckskin. Dry lubricates are the way to go, the best in my opinion is the micro-fine teflon from Spurlock. I don't use anything else! > Greetings! > > I am posting a question from a colleague who does not have internet access. > He would like to elicit opinions from this distinguished (extinguished?) > group on the use of mink oil as a lubricant for grand knuckles. Apparently, > a technician told him that this was absolutely the best thing to use, much > better even that powdered teflon. > > Opinions? > > Many thanks! > > Tom Seay > > Tom Seay > Piano Tech Office > School of Music > The University of Texas at Austin > t.seay@mail.utexas.edu > > > > > ilvey Pacifica, CA ilvey@a.crl.com
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