String bearing point lubrication

[Avery]

OK. I can see that. I guess what I had in mind was rusty strings 
where one would probably let down the
pitch first, then pull up.

Avery

At 10:33 PM 4/6/2006, you wrote:
>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