Avery, Not to answer for Mike, but I like to lubricate from both sides of the capo or pressure bar, just to be sure I get lubricant where it needs to be. And when you're about to raise pitch, the wire is moving from the speaking length toward the pressure bar. The reason I prefer to hold a piece of felt in tweezers instead of using a brush, is that I can squirt drops from the hypo-oiler onto the felt with full control, and never worry about contaminating the bottle with piano grime. -Mark Avery wrote: > Mike, > > Why do you reach "up under"? I thought it should be applied from the top! > > Avery Todd > > At 08:01 AM 4/6/2006, you wrote: >> Geoff, >> >> I use a small (#2?) round artist brush, bristles about 3/8" long. >> Seems to reach up under the pressure bar pretty well. Disadvantage: >> Every time you dip the brush into the bottle, you're washing piano >> grime off the brush into your Pro-Tec, so don't refill your squirter >> from the same bottle you dip the brush in. >> >> Mike
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