<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2716.2200" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Is it safe to put a drop of Protek on a = rusty ol' coil? Hope so, 'cause I done did it.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Had a first today. Wonderfully nice old = couple, wonderfully horrid old Cable upright. Made it work as a good-enough = beater for their grandson to learn on. Tuned (up 120 cents to A435) despite flat = hammers, old strings, a bit of action fixing and regulating.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Anyhow, the guy pulls out his NIkon and = asks if he can take my picture while I'm tuning. Flash, flash, flash .... three = shots. Fame at last. Now where's that fortune?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Alan Barnard</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Salem, MO</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>