<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1400" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>What is a counter bearing = bar?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Terry Farrell</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>John,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I would NEVER put ProTech or anything = else, that stays around indefinately, on the pressure points of the strings! The = only thing I've ever used is LPS-1. It will not stay around and = "contaminate", like all others I've tested. It dispels water and lubricates...that's all. = It disipates w/in a few days and doesn't "creep" into places we don't = want it.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>As for this specific piano, (i.e. = PSO), the problem probably lies in the Counter Bearing Bars. This model has been = notorious for this problem. Years ago, Del, as a matter of course, = used to take the Counter Bearing Bars off of NEW S&S uprights and grind = them down, so that the Bar would do what it was supposed to do....Counter = Bear.<G> I've run into many of these beasts and don't like them atall! It is = difficult to convince the Client, that their revered/lovely S&S has a major = problem w/production Quality Control and needs to be "Modified"! Horrors! = Yikes! Gadzooks! etc.<G></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Best Regards,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Joe Garrett, R.P.T.<BR>Captain, Tool Police<BR>Squares R I</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>