<!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 6.00.6000.16608" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=746331904-05032008><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=2>I<SPAN class=746331904-05032008> have a piano to deal with next week- most of the leads are swelling.  They can't afford to replace them, so my thought is to file them, then spray lacquer on the lead.  The corrosion goes down very little into the actual lead.</SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=746331904-05032008><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=2><SPAN class=746331904-05032008></SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=746331904-05032008><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=2><SPAN class=746331904-05032008>Also need to replace most if not all hammer return springs.  Does that lead dust cause the springs to deteriorate and break?<BR>les bartlett</SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN></DIV></BODY></HTML>