<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">I don't remember any issue in my 4 years in Santa Cruz, CA.  I do run across swelling key leads once every 6 or 7 years, no matter what town I'm in.<br><div> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; "><div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; "><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 20px/normal 'Book Antiqua'; color: rgb(34, 58, 168); "><span style="font: normal normal normal 20px/normal 'Corsiva Hebrew'; "><b>   </b></span><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; ">Tom Gorley</span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Kokonor; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#910f08">Registered Piano Technician     </font></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal 'Book Antiqua'; color: rgb(62, 0, 147); "><span><b>      </b></span></div></span></div></div></blockquote></div><div><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; "><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal 'Book Antiqua'; color: rgb(62, 0, 147); "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; "><br></span></div></span></div></div></div><div><br></div></span><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"> </div> <br><div><div>On Nov 8, 2011, at 1:48 PM, <a href="mailto:tnrwim@aol.com">tnrwim@aol.com</a> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><font color="black" size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <div>This means that in addition to the lead found in the pine keys, what accelerates the lead corrosion is the presence of wool, lacquer and glues inside the piano. </div> <div> </div> <div>We have a LOT of lead corrosion in Hawaii. I guess in addition to the chemicals and products in the piano, the salt air probably contributes to the lead corrosion as well. </div> <div> </div> <div>Do you techs who work on pianos along any of the coasts have similar problems?</div> <div> </div> <div>Wim <br> </div> <div style="FONT-FAMILY: arial,helvetica; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> <blockquote style="BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 3px"><font size="2" face="Arial"></font></blockquote></div> <br> <br> <div style="CLEAR: both"> <div> </div> </div> <br> <br> <div style="FONT-FAMILY: arial,helvetica; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">-----Original Message-----<br> From: Laurence Libin <<a href="mailto:lelibin@optonline.net">lelibin@optonline.net</a>><br> To: caut ptg <<a href="mailto:caut@ptg.org">caut@ptg.org</a>>; ohs <<a href="mailto:ohs_members_2000@lists.organsociety.org">ohs_members_2000@lists.organsociety.org</a>>; amis <<a href="mailto:amis-l@lsv.uky.edu">amis-l@lsv.uky.edu</a>>; john watson <<a href="mailto:jwatson@cwf.org">jwatson@cwf.org</a>><br> Sent: Tue, Nov 8, 2011 8:23 am<br> Subject: [CAUT] lead corrosion<br> <br> <div id="AOLMsgPart_1_a1615d35-cb83-4557-8035-6fd7b5b13976"> <div><font size="2" face="Arial">Here's a useful article about deterioration of lead, applicable to organs, pianos and other instruments with lead components.</font></div> <div style="POSITION: relative" id="ygrp-mlmsg"> <div style="Z-INDEX: 1" id="ygrp-msg"> <div id="ygrp-text"> <div><font face="Arial"></font><br> </div> <div><a href="http://www.navsea.navy.mil/nswc/carderock/pub/cnsm/lead/lead_01.aspx" target="_blank">http://www.navsea.navy.mil/nswc/carderock/pub/cnsm/lead/lead_01.aspx</a></div> <font size="2" face="Arial"></font></div> <div> </div> <div><font size="2" face="Arial">Laurence Libin</font> <div><br> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </font></blockquote></div><br></body></html>