String bearing point lubrication

[Avery]

At 10:52 AM 4/8/2006, you wrote:
>Hi, Joe.
>
>Next time I have a piano that's slated for restringing, I'm going to 
>try coating some of the bass strings (and not others) with Protek or 
>GooseJuice.

Are you talking about the windings on the bass strings? I hope not! Shudder!

Avery

>I would like to start testing whether it's possible to protect them, 
>like plain wire, from oxidizing, without destroying them. Thanks for 
>mentioning this.
>
>-Mark Schecter
>
>Joe And Penny Goss wrote:
>>Hi Geoff,
>>On old uprights it is quite easy with my micro thin oiler. Not 
>>quite as thin as my diabetic needles but close. Thick enough that I 
>>just feel the  tip click along as I gently squeese out the Goose 
>>Juice. Which by the way does not seem to have done any harm to bass 
>>strings that I soaked about 3 years ago. No dust gathering on them either.
>>Still I take the precaution to keep GJ from running onto the 
>>windings or damper felts by moping up with a rag as I go.