<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <STYLE>.hmmessage P { PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; MARGIN: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px } BODY.hmmessage { FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma } </STYLE> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.6000.16640" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY class=hmmessage bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>The only way to take care of this vertigris IMO is to strip the rails, clean them, and rebuild the action with all new components.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Fenton</FONT></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=mortier9@hotmail.com href="mailto:mortier9@hotmail.com">Philip Jamison</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> Friday, May 09, 2008 8:46 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Verdigris & Dark Flange Wood</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV>I've also noted the dark wood on sticky Steinway hammer flanges, but I ascribe this to years of various lubricant applications.<BR><BR>Philip Jamison<BR>West Chester, PA<BR><BR> <HR> Stay in touch when you're away with Windows Live Messenger. <A href="http://www.windowslive.com/messenger/overview.html?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_Refresh_messenger_052008" target=_new>IM anytime you're online.</A> </BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>