<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=US-ASCII"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.5730.11" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY id=role_body style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Arial" bottomMargin=7 leftMargin=7 topMargin=7 rightMargin=7><FONT id=role_document face=Arial color=#000000 size=2> <DIV>One time I was faced with the problem of some crusty treble damper felts in an upright that were causing that "zinging" sound when damping the strings. It wasn't a sever case, and the felts had to be sanded very lightly with the finest grit sandpaper out there. Being that I didn't have any, I used a bit on ingenuity by using my index finger as sandpaper - -the part of the finger that makes fingerprints. It seems that the ridges that form the fingerprints are just abrasive enough to do the job on a lightly-crusted damper felt!</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Jesse Gitnik  NYC</DIV> <DIV>Tech. since 1980</DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>