Then tweezers, or perhaps a locking hemostat, it shall be. -----Original Message----- From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of Mark Schecter Sent: Thursday, April 06, 2006 10:13 PM To: Pianotech List Subject: Re: String bearing point lubrication Just hold the piece of felt in a pair of tweezers, and pour a few drops on from your oiler bottle - you control the amount. You could try putting the felt on a wire, but you'll probably have trouble getting it to stay on, with all the vibration and catching on strings, bridge pins, etc. Try it with tweezers. -Mark Geoff Sykes wrote: > Now we just need a way to prevent the felt mute from saturating. I can > just see dipping the tip of the mute into the bottle and having the > entire contents sucked up. But the shape and the flexibility is > perfect. Perhaps just the point of a felt mute on the end of a wire?
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