<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content="text/html; charset=us-ascii" http-equiv=Content-Type> <META name=GENERATOR content="MSHTML 8.00.6001.19154"> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #fff" bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT color=#0000ff size=2 face=Arial><SPAN class=968025522-08112011>Thanks for posting. Makes a strong case for leaving the piano fallboard open.</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT color=#0000ff size=2 face=Arial><SPAN class=968025522-08112011></SPAN></FONT> </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT color=#0000ff size=2 face=Arial><SPAN class=968025522-08112011>Mario Igrec</SPAN></FONT></DIV><BR> <DIV dir=ltr lang=en-us class=OutlookMessageHeader align=left> <HR tabIndex=-1> <FONT size=2 face=Tahoma><B>From:</B> Laurence Libin [mailto:lelibin@optonline.net] <BR><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, November 08, 2011 12:24 PM<BR><B>To:</B> caut ptg; ohs; amis; john watson<BR><B>Subject:</B> [CAUT] lead corrosion<BR></FONT><BR></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <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">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></BODY></HTML>