On Monday 14 April 2008 13:15, hermine wrote:
> I have no idea whether or not one should use anything like WD 40 on a
> Hammond; the only person I know who says he is an "expert" on their
> restoration and upkeep says he will never use Hammond brand oil on
> them, but ........
No? So what do they use instead?
I am afraid to ask because I could get yelled at. but i will ask. anyway. i think the fellow at one time sold his own concoction, but he does make an INTERESTING case for his view, let me see if I can find his website so I do not wind up speaking FOR him and getting yelled at...gimme a sec.....Steve Leigh is the guy, and i met him through a common interest in DOG TRAINING, not music at all....he is a repository of trillions of facts, and capable of organizing them to perfection....
I am at his website and looking for the reference to Hammond Oil....in the same general vicinity he talks about a material used in sealing the machinery in later Hammonds, which crumbles with time and makes a terrible mess, and I sure hope I do not encounter this stuff when I get into opening my T 211-1 to remove its Leslie and take it to the fixit guy.
http://www.sl-prokeys.com/prokeys/pro.htm
this is where you start to look around, the website is huge, and you probably already know who he is, right?
hermine