Ron writes: << It dries out really quickly and doesn't stick to the plate nearly as well as what they used at the factory, but it's quick and easy. >> It looks to me like Steinway doesn't put anything on the plate, but rather, coats the front of the pinblocks and then begin fitting them by removing all the shiney spots that appear when the plate is dropped in. There is a lot of untouched surface on these blocks, but the graphite is all over the front edge. It also seems that extra care is taken to make sure the lower edge fits best,(perhaps to make it appear to a feeler gauge that there is total contact ?) Regards, Ed Foote RPT http://www.uk-piano.org/edfoote/index.html www.uk-piano.org/edfoote/well_tempered_piano.html <BR><BR><BR>**************<BR>Ideas to please picky eaters. Watch video on AOL Living.<BR> (http://living.aol.com/video/how-to-please-your-picky-eater/rachel-campos-duffy/2050827?NCID=aolcmp00300000002598)</HTML>
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