<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; = charset=us-ascii"> <meta name=Generator content="Microsoft Word 10 (filtered)"> <title>Message</title> <style>  </style> </head> <body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=blue> <div class=Section1>     -----Original = Message----- From: = pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] On Behalf Of Jeannie Grassi Sent: Monday, November 24, 2003 1:22 AM To: 'Pianotech' Subject: RE: = verdigris-Goof off   <div> Tom, </div> <div> Did they really have = verdigris, or were they just tight?  Had you tried shrinking the centers before = you tried the "Goof Off"?   Perhaps that would have = taken care of the sluggishness??  I have yet to find verdigris on = anything but a Steinway...call me lucky.  </div> <div>   </div> <div> jeannie </div> <blockquote = style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.0pt'> <div>     &nbsp= ;           &nbsp= ;         To all ,   &nbsp= ;         Yes ---Non Steinways can have verdigris.My clue was the green junk on the = centers and 30 years experience.   &nbsp= ;          No--- shrinking has not helped solve Verdigris in my = experience   &nbsp= ;           &nbsp= ;         And to the question about why the piano will not support an action = rebuild. It needs a new block, board and bridges, along with a new set of keys and = all action parts. This on a piano owned by a woman with two kids in College who = plays the thing twice a year. Oh, the case is a wreck also.   &nbsp= ;           &nbsp= ;         Tom Driscoll   &nbsp= ;           </div> </blockquote> </div> </body> </html>