Agraffe lubing??

[Joe & Penny Goss]

Hi John,
This might be a little tedious to apply.
If you are going to Reno you might check out my "Goose Juice" for this
situation.
Joe Goss
imatunr@srvinet.com
www.mothergoosetools.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "John R Fortiner" <pianoserv440@juno.com>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Friday, June 29, 2001 12:12 PM
Subject: Re: Agraffe lubing??


> Roger:  Which Protek product are you referring to??  I can't really tell
> as you said "one drip" - which makes it soul like Protek CLP, but you
> might be referring to Protek MPL - their "heavier" lube.
> fwiw I have been to a bulk lubricant distributor where I was given a
> sample of a lube called Aeroshell #6 - an aviation lube.  This stuff is
> used between brass and steel parts (control cables for example) in
> aircraft and is guaranteed not to cause any problems between the two
> metals.  I am bringing this up as I have a M&H "A" that has agraffes that
> are badly worn resulting in poor string rendering.  My idea was the same
> as you have posted - placing a TINY bit on the top of the wire segment
> that is between the tuning pin and the agraffe - as close as possible to
> the agraffe - loosen the wire to allow the wire to carry the lube into
> the agraffe, then pull it back up to pitch.  Needless to say, it will
> take very little lube to do this - assuming that it works.  My mind tells
> me it should work, but I've been known to make more than a few thousand
> errors in judgement in my life. :-(
>
> John R. Fortiner
> Billings, MT.
>
> On Wed, 27 Jun 2001 00:07:27 -0500 jolly roger <baldyam@sk.sympatico.ca>
> writes:
>
> > Hi Don,
> >              One drip of protec applied with a tooth pick on each of
> > the
> > agraffe holes will solve the rendering hassles. Drop the tension a
> > little
> > before raising, and it will tune just like any other piano.
> > Regards Roger
> >
> >
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