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  • 1.  Old Timey Solutions

    Registered Piano Technician
    Posted 11-29-2021 18:40
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    Here's a puzzler for you "Old Timers" out there...whom I love and respect...
    I found a bottle of this stuff among lots of other stuff when I bought a deceased tuner's shop from his widow.  But I've never used it.  What's the story on Garfield's Lubricant? What's it good for? Should I toss it?  Re-bottle it and keep in my kit?  Drink it?  Come on!  Help me out ladies and gents!



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    Ron Bergeron, RPT
    Austin, Texas
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  • 2.  RE: Old Timey Solutions

    Registered Piano Technician
    Posted 11-29-2021 19:19
    Ron

    Garfields was used by some tuners to supposedly tighten loose tuning pins. I've never used it myself, but I've replace my share of  pin blocks where that stuff was used. At most, Garfield's extended the life of the piano by a couple of years, but it didn't really solve the problem. 

    We now use thin CA glue to tighten loose pins. It works best in pianos where the block does not have a crack in it, but I've used it to fill in cracks with great success.

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    Willem "Wim" Blees, RPT
    St. Augustine, FL 32095
    Tnrwim@aol.com
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  • 3.  RE: Old Timey Solutions

    Registered Piano Technician
    Posted 11-29-2021 19:50
    William, I don't think this is the Pinblock Restore we've all heard of.  It says Center Pin Lubricant.  This is something different.  The side label says "contains Petroleum Naptha, Ether Nitrobenzene.  Sold by Schaff, about a half century ago, I'd say.

    Anybody else?

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    Ron Bergeron, RPT
    Austin, Texas
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  • 4.  RE: Old Timey Solutions

    Registered Piano Technician
    Posted 11-29-2021 20:22
    Sorry, I guess I misread your post.

    But I have the same answer  Garlfied center pin lube was OK but not the best. Most technicians used naphtha and silicone or used alcohol and water 

    But then Protek came out and that was the go to juice for many years.


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    Willem "Wim" Blees, RPT
    St. Augustine, FL 32095
    Tnrwim@aol.com
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  • 5.  RE: Old Timey Solutions

    Posted 11-29-2021 20:26
    Hello Ron.
    I would simply throw it out, not knowing what's in that bottle (even though it refers to center pin lubricant).
    Especially when it's that old in a bottle that's opened: no telling what the chemical composition is and how it may have altered over time.
    Peter

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    Petrus Janssen
    Peachtree City GA
    678-416-8055
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  • 6.  RE: Old Timey Solutions

    Registered Piano Technician
    Posted 11-29-2021 22:51

    I'd suggest throwing it out at a hazardous waste event. It may not belong in landfill or the sewer system.




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  • 7.  RE: Old Timey Solutions

    Posted 11-29-2021 23:18
    sorry Susan, i should have been a little more specific  (I assumed it to be understood to properly dispose of it, being a chemical).
    Peter

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    Petrus Janssen
    Peachtree City GA
    678-416-8055
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