<!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 6.00.2800.1543" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>On this side of the pond to burnish means to rub.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>When burnishing metal parts it is also referred to as deburing.</FONT></DIV> <DIV>Joe Goss RPT<BR>Mother Goose Tools<BR><A href="mailto:imatunr@srvinet.com">imatunr@srvinet.com</A><BR><A href="http://www.mothergoosetools.com">www.mothergoosetools.com</A></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=danilo.perusina@hotmail.com href="mailto:danilo.perusina@hotmail.com">Danilo Perusina</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, June 21, 2007 6:55 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Keep on filing...burnish?</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV> <DIV class=RTE> <P>Hi John!</P> <P>Would you be so kind as to explain to a foreigner the exact meaning of burnish, as applied to graphite and the wooden parts we are talking about? Online dictionaries translate it as polish.</P> <P>".. <FONT size=1>properly burnished graphite.." <BR>"..to maintain and reburnish, with or without the addition of <BR>more graphite."<BR>"..to make sure the wood is properly <BR>burnished.."</FONT></P> <P><FONT size=1>Thanks! Danilo<BR></FONT><BR></P></DIV></DIV><BR clear=all> <HR> Hitta en snygging där du bor <A href="http://g.msn.com/8HMBSVSE/2734??PS=47575" target=_top>Upptäck kärleken på MSN</A> </BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>