Ballistol and other lubricants

[Gregor _]

Tom,

don´t ask for details. You don´t want to know it really....:-)

Gregor

From: tompiano at bellsouth.net
To: pianotech at ptg.org
Subject: Re: Ballistol and other lubricants
Date: Fri, 4 Jul 2008 07:27:23 -0400










Gregor,
You guys over there are very "earthy" with 
your remedies. Hair grease, nose grease. Leaves me with 
some ideas of  what else they may use...
Tom Servinsky

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: 
  Gregor 
  _ 
  To: pianotech at ptg.org 
  Sent: Friday, July 04, 2008 6:39 AM
  Subject: Ballistol and other 
  lubricants
  
Using Ballistol as lubricant for action center pins is okay. I 
  have no idea about its ingredients but the reason why nearly all German piano 
  techs use it since generations is that it does not gum after a while. Most of 
  my German collegues use a tool like this for applying only one drop of 
  it:

http://www.manufactum.de/Produkt/0/753674/TropfenoelerAluminium.html?suchbegriff=%F6ler

One 
  year ago, me too I used it for center pins, but in the meantime I use only 
  Protec CLP anymore. I have 2 of these oilers  in my toolcase, one with 
  Protec and one with Ballistol. Ballistol (and now Protec) are the only one 
  lubricants which are accepted here in Germany for center pins. With one 
  exception: your own hair grease (not kidding). When replacing a ceter pin, I 
  pull the new pin through my hair which makes the pin getting "lubricated". And 
  no, I am not the hippie type with greasy long hair.

Compairing 
  Ballistol with Protec I must admit that Protec just works much better. But I 
  never had problems with Ballistol.

Concerning ballance rail and front 
  rail pins: most German techs use deer tallow /stag fat because it´s supposed 
  not to gum, too. I rub a very small portion of it between thumb and index 
  finger and apply only a very very thin layer on the pins. But never do it when 
  the bushings are made of leather. Never apply any liquid or any grease on 
  leather. But here too, there is one exception: you may use "nose fat" (and 
  again: not kidding): sometimes the leather of the hammer butt is too harsh so 
  that the jack comes not back easy enough. Some grease could help, but as 
  mentioned: never apply grease on leather in pianos. So here comes the trick: 
  rub your index finger left or right from your nose. You will feel that this 
  part of your face is a little greasier than other parts. Then rub your finger 
  on the hammer butt leather. And no, I am not the teenage type like these 
  teenagers from Kentucky Fried Movie where teenage faces are used to get oil 
  from.

Gregor


  
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