<HTML><HEAD> <META charset=US-ASCII http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=US-ASCII"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1106" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff"> <DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Ron N says:</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>....I scrub up before starting, and <BR>dust up with powdered rosin, sprinkling some in the box of <BR>pins for automatic in-flight replenishment. Works for me.</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Bookman Old Style">For me also. Body chemistry seems to have something to do with it, as well. At one time we employed a stringer who had to wear gloves, or the strings, where he touched them, would corrode after only months; whereas the pianos I string (gloveless, masking tape around becket thumb) don't seem to be affected, decades later. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Bookman Old Style"></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Bookman Old Style">Bob D</FONT></DIV></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Bookman Old Style"></FONT></DIV><BR><BR><BR><DIV><FONT style="color: black; font: normal 10pt ARIAL, SAN-SERIF;"><HR style="MARGIN-TOP: 10px">Get a sneak peek of the all-new <A title="http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour/?ncid=AOLAOF00020000000982" href="http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour/?ncid=AOLAOF00020000000982" target="_blank">AOL.com</A>.</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>