This looks like it would be the job for restoring old pipes .
RORY
It does, after all, claim to be “the best for your stick.”
And it smells great!
Black wax might not be the best for Boxwood 
Light, sweet Almond oil works really nicely. I think there are multiple threads on this. I’d much prefer to feed my wood oil than cover it with wax.
What’s all this about wax and oil and polishing metals and the dread of verdigris? I cultivate that just-found-'em-today-in-the-attic look.
Hear, hear! 
I think the expert you need to ask here is our very own (NY multipiper) “Pipey.” No one keeps his/her pipes clean and shiney like Pipey. With regard to exactly what he uses, I’ve seen him use a Brasso type product on the keys and word on the street is that he has his own mixture of something that includes (I’m not joking here) seagull poop. Maybe he’ll chime in on this and even include a photo of his sparkling Gallagher 3/4 concert set. 
Now, anyone will agree that pipering is an arcane business altogether, but THAT takes the cake. 
“Brasso” (and any other polish containing ammonia) is bad juju for your pipes. You’re better off going using “Flitz” or “Cape Cod Cloths,” neither of which, to the best of my knowledge, contain avian fecal matter.
No E
Well, I read on this very forum that cat pi$$ has certain reed-regenerating properties. I don’t know how it works, but I imagine you’d need a highly trained cat.
I’ll tell Pipey to chime in on this (probably after he gets back from East Durham).
BTW, PJ, you can write “piss” on the forum. The word occurs in the Bible, afterall… 
Training my cat to micturate on my reeds? I think not. I don’t believe my piping needs the idea of “piss-poor” to be brought home so forcefully.
O.k., fair enough. But would you train (or allow) a seagull to defacate on your brasswork? 
Dear God, no. A Chicago pigeon, yes, if accidentally. That, of course, is an auspicious thing in spite of what it is.
Pipey, now that Irish Week is over, please clarify this issue for us.
“Wax my pipes” is screaming to be turned into a euphemism.