<HTML><HEAD> <META charset=UTF-8 http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charse= t=utf-8"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2730.1700" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #fffff= f"> <DIV> <DIV>In a message dated 10/31/2003 10:28:57 AM Pacific Standard Time, collin= .s@skynet.be writes:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue = 2px solid"><FONT face=Arial>Thanks again, Joe.  This helps a lot.&nbs= p; I'm definetly not going to recap the bridge.  I'm afraid I could hav= e to be going for a new board.  (Strange, I have never seen varnish on = bridges here.  In Bechstein pianos, even no graffite.)<BR><BR>Stéphan= e Collin.</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#000040>    =    <FONT size=3>Varnixh is to soft to be a bridge coat= ing IMHO even if it went on first & graphite doesn't do much t= o protect a bridge topeither. I've been apllying several coats of shellac to= <U>NEW</U> bridge tops. It seals it nicely and it's hard when dry. It a= lso allows the beauty of the nicely quartered maple to come thru. I sand it = smooth with fine paper then polish it with a rag. Now obviously this is= done before the pins & strings go on. Right?</FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#000040 size=3>   Da= le</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>