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From: David Love &lt;davidlovepianos@comcast.net&gt;<br>
To: pianotech &lt;pianotech@ptg.org&gt;<br>
Sent: Sun, Aug 26, 2012 5:49 pm<br>
Subject: [pianotech] varnish over lacquer<br>
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<pre style="font-size:9pt;"><tt>It seems that I&#39;ve heard that there are no problems with varnish over
lacquer but there are with lacquer over varnish.  True or untrue?

David Love
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