<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=us-ascii"> <TITLE>Message</TITLE> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.6000.16414" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=234021222-23092007>I know that the subject of decomposing key leads has been brought up here before, but a search of the archives brought up no results. </SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=234021222-23092007></SPAN></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=234021222-23092007>New, 2005 or 2006 Hobart M. Cable upright, (OH-09 A). </SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=234021222-23092007></SPAN></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=234021222-23092007>I noticed on the last tuning of this piano that all the key leads are starting to get covered over with that white fluffy powder that indicates decomposition. My first thought was that the owners of this inexpensive piano would never go for key lead replacement. Besides, it's probably too soon in the process to think in that direction. My next thought was </SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=234021222-23092007>to take all the keys out and soft-wire brush the powder off the ends of the leads and then seal them off with some clear spray paint of some kind. Lacquer, Rust-O-Leum, AquaNet, whatever. Anything to hopefully stall the process. And then I realized that the wiser thing to do would be to bring the subject up here first. So, any thoughts? Any suggestions?</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=234021222-23092007></SPAN></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=234021222-23092007>-- Geoff Sykes</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=234021222-23092007>-- Los Angeles</SPAN></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>