[pianotech] Spoons or wippens

[John Delacour]

At 16:11 -0800 16/2/10, Joseph Garrett wrote:

>J.D..
>Tallow!!!???? My god man, at least join the 20th century!! I can 
>think of many things to put on those spoons, but Tallow is damned 
>sure not on that list! Tallow was the culprit for much of the 
>Vertigris problems we have encountered! Yikes! And Sheesh!! Any 
>animal based lubricant is always suspect in my opinion.
>[G](Just so's ya know I'm not preachin', but just takin' ya to task.)


Don't be shy to say just what you think, Joe! :-)

One thing I can guarantee is that if you immerse, bury or boil iron 
spoons in the evilest tallow you can find for five years, when you 
remove them you will not find a trace of Vertigris or even verdigris 
on them.

JD