[GreenKeys] whale oil

[Randy and Sherry Guttery]

On 1/26/2012 4:45 PM, Lee Mushel wrote:
> A couple of years ago I decided to find a substitute for Hammond Organ oil
> even though you can still buy it on eBay etc.
Or  Goff Professional (where I've gotten mine for years) - 
or Hammond Suzuki themselves (yes Hammonds are still being 
made today).
>   It didn't take long and the
> organ now operates with less noise than it did when it was new!
>
I just oiled a spinet (M111) that (according to the oiling 
record card) hadn't been oiled since 1985.  One never knows 
when a Hammond might be neglected like that (the church 
members had no clue it needed to be oiled) - until it 
started complaining) -- so I always use "the real deal".  
Admittedly Hammond oil is just very good oil that doesn't 
dry fast - and doesn't turn "gummy" as it does. I have a 
friend that has access to turbine oil - and uses it in his 
Hammonds (he has five). He's never had a problem using 
that...   He started using it when Hammond oil was getting 
harder to find (used to any good-sized music store had it in 
stock).  Like oiling Teletypes - you can "get away" with 
using "other stuff" - but why risk them?

Like all things - YMMV...

-- 
randy guttery

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