That should have been the "smell" not the small. In my excitement over Ballistol I forgot to proof my post! On Sat, Mar 21, 2009 at 10:19 AM, Ryan Sowers <tunerryan at gmail.com> wrote: > I too love the small - its like anise or licorice. I put a little dab > behind my ear and I have found that the tips from my lady clients have gone > up substantially. [?] > > > On Sat, Mar 21, 2009 at 9:51 AM, Dave Davis <dave at davispiano.com> wrote: > >> Steve Brady introduced me to Ballistol a couple of years ago. Even though >> I respect him highly as a technician, I have sparingly used it here & there >> and have been impressed with it (plus it smells good!). I have added it to >> the magic liquids in my tool kit. >> >> I have heard that Bosendorfer recommends Ballistol to lube leather >> keybushings, but have not confirmed it. >> >> Best regards, >> Dave Davis >> Davis Piano Service >> 425-226-0102 >> >> ------------------------------ >> *From*: Ryan Sowers >> *Date*: Sat, 21 Mar 2009 09:40:43 -0700 >> *To*: <pianotech at ptg.org> >> *Subject*: Re: [pianotech] squeaking leather key bushings >> I have found Ballistol to be great stuff for keybushings. On grands I >> remove the key upstop rail and tip the action up on end and use a small >> artist brush to apply a thin coating to the pins. It seems to work as good >> as anything - and I've tried most of whats out there. I like that its a >> fairly "natural" product. If I have the keys out of the piano I put it on a >> small rag and just wipe the keypins. That way you don't put on too much. >> >> On Sat, Mar 21, 2009 at 5:40 AM, John Ross <jrpiano at win.eastlink.ca>wrote: >> >>> *Ballistol, from Mother Goose Tools should work for leather.* >>> *John Ross* >>> *Windsor, Nova Scotia* >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> *From:* Gregor _ <karlkaputt at hotmail.com> >>> *To:* pianotech at ptg.org >>> *Sent:* Saturday, March 21, 2009 9:24 AM >>> *Subject:* [pianotech] squeaking leather key bushings >>> >>> List, >>> >>> what would you use to eliminate the squeaking of old leather key >>> bushings? I assume nothing that is liquid or greasy? What´s about talkum >>> powder or teflon powder? And what´s about Protec CLP (which is liquid)? >>> >>> A customer called me today and complained about squeaking. I tuned her >>> piano and eliminated some squeaking 6 weeks ago, but I can´t remember the >>> origin of that squeaking nor what I did to fix it. Given that it was a key >>> squeaking and not an action squeaking I assume that I applied some talkum >>> powder to the leather. If so, it seems that this is not a long lasting >>> solution for that problem. What would be better in the long run? >>> >>> Maybe that I am completely wrong and that the squeaking had another >>> source, e.g. the center of the jack or whatever. >>> >>> Gregor >>> >>> ------------------------------ >>> Get news, entertainment and everything you care about at Live.com. Check >>> it out! <http://www.live.com/getstarted.aspx> >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> Ryan Sowers, RPT >> Puget Sound Chapter >> Olympia, WA >> www.pianova.net >> > > > > -- > Ryan Sowers, RPT > Puget Sound Chapter > Olympia, WA > www.pianova.net > -- Ryan Sowers, RPT Puget Sound Chapter Olympia, WA www.pianova.net -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech_ptg.org/attachments/20090321/e6ba4142/attachment.html> -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: image/gif Size: 611 bytes Desc: not available URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech_ptg.org/attachments/20090321/e6ba4142/attachment.gif>
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