<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit;"><div>Al,<br />     There are some very valid concerns about PTFE (such as Teflon) and health. (Please do a little research on the Internet.) So I&#39;d advise using something else (like graphite or molybdenum) whenever possible. As you may know, a nice, brushable concoction of graphite in denatured alcohol can be made that soaks into wood and leaves a slick surface.</div></td></tr></table>            <div id="_origMsg_">
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                            Al Guecia/Allied PianoCraft &lt;alliedpianocraft@hotmail.com&gt;;                            <br>
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                            Re: [pianotech] return spring                            <br>
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                                        <td valign="top" style="font:inherit;"><div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse:separate;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:Arial;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;orphans:2;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse:separate;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-variant:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;orphans:2;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;"><div style="word-wrap:break-word;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse:separate;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-variant:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;orphans:2;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;"><div style="word-wrap:break-word;"><span
 class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse:separate;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-variant:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;orphans:2;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;"><div style="word-wrap:break-word;"><div style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;"><br></div></div></span></div></span></div></span></span></div><div><div>On Aug 18, 2012, at 10:28 AM, David Skolnik wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse:separate;font-family:Arial;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;orphans:2;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;font-size:medium;">I&#39;ll ask a related question about lube on a spin-off thread.</span></div><br></div><div><br></div><div>I guess that wasn&#39;t addressed, but that would
 be the first step in the procedure, followed by spring adjustment. I use a dry teflon spray on the action frame.<div><br><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse:separate;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:Arial;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;orphans:2;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse:separate;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-variant:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;orphans:2;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;"><div style="word-wrap:break-word;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse:separate;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-variant:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;orphans:2;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;"><div
 style="word-wrap:break-word;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse:separate;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-variant:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;orphans:2;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;"><div style="word-wrap:break-word;"><div style="font-family:Arial;font-size:medium;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="&#39;Lucida Calligraphy&#39;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:18px;"><i>Al -</i></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="&#39;Lucida Calligraphy&#39;"><i>High Point, NC</i></font></div></div></span></div></span></div></span></span></div></div></div></td>
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