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Author: johnt
Date: 2011-11-05 19:32
John Symer slices through all this oil kabuki by using gear oil for car manual transmissions & differentials on the oboes he repairs. He gave an extended seminar on oboe maintenance a few years ago at the Muncie, Indiana IDRS session via two-way video from his New Jersey repair shop. I asked him if automatic transmission fluid (ATF) would be good also; he said no problem. I like it because it smells better than gear oil & is red so much easier to see on application…also less messy. A quart will last several lifetimes & at $4 & change, the price is right. If you think it's wrong to be putting this stuff on your oboe keys, then go read "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance" by Robert M. Pirsig.
A General precision oiler from Amazon or Ace Hardware completes the package. Dan Ross uses them to oil his gougers/oboes.
http://www.amazon.com/General-Tools-589-Precision-Oiler/dp/B000KKHNU0
Best,
john
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