<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD><TITLE>Message</TITLE> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=windows-1250"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2523" = name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY style="BACKGROUND-POSITION: 0px 0px; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 5px 10px = 10px; FONT-FAMILY: Arial" bgColor=#ffffff background="" scroll=yes ORGYPOS="0"> <DIV><FONT face="Verdana Ref" size=2>Sounds exactly like denatured = alcohol: ethanol plus something to stop people drinking it (or is it methanol?).</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Verdana Ref" size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Verdana Ref" size=2>--Cy Shuster--</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Verdana Ref" size=2>Bluefield, WV</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr 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=tune4u@earthlink.net = href="mailto:tune4u@earthlink.net">Alan</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">'Pianotech'</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, January 13, = 2005 9:04 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> RE: What is = "Metho"?</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=640385301-14012005>What language, exactly, are we = speaking here, Mate? Fair dinkum it ain't. Never heard of this here = metho stuff. Here in the Northern Hemisphere, we prefer tasty cleaning solvents. </SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=640385301-14012005>And youse guys and us guys = obviously butcher, mangle, twist, and torture the King's English in = distinctly different ways. He put metho in his brasso, slipped in the batho, and = fell on his ... uh ... rubber duckie?</SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=640385301-14012005></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV align=left><FONT size=2>Alan R. Barnard</FONT></DIV> <DIV align=left><FONT size=2><SPAN = class=640385301-14012005>Silly Sayings from </SPAN>Salem, MO</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV></DIV> <DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader lang=en-us dir=ltr = align=left><FONT face=Tahoma size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] <B>On = Behalf Of </B>Robin Stevens<BR><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, January 13, 2005 7:29 PM<BR><B>To:</B> Pianotech<BR><B>Subject:</B> What is "Metho"?<BR><BR></FONT></DIV> <TABLE id=INCREDIMAINTABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=2 = width="100%" border=0> <TBODY> <TR> <TD id=INCREDITEXTREGION style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; CURSOR: auto; FONT-FAMILY: Arial" width="100%"><DIV> Hi Don...Methylated Spirits is a = mixture 95%V/V Ethanol and 5% of a NASTY  tasting liquid to = stop the down and outs from drinking it!!! It was used as a cheap form = of a drinking Spirit by homeless drunks.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>The French polishers use it to create the liquid Schellac = for polishing. There is many a story about old French polishers = drinking the vile tasting stuff!!. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I would say in America you would call it something else. = Used in every household here in Australia as a cleaning agent.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I think the purpose of adding the "Metho' was to thin the = Brasso down a bit.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Regards</DIV> <DIV>Robin Stevens </DIV> <DIV>South Australia</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV id=IncrediOriginalMessage><I>-------Original Message-------</I></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV id=receivestrings> <DIV dir=ltr style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt" <i><B>From:</B></I> = <A href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech</A></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt" <i><B>Date:</B></I> = 01/14/05 09:54:53</DIV> <DIV dir=ltr style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt" <i><B>To:</B></I> <A href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech</A></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt" = <i><B>Subject:</B></I> Re: Polishing White Plastic Key-tops</DIV></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Hi Robin,</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>What is metho?</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>At 08:49 AM 14/01/2005 +1030, you wrote:</DIV> <DIV>>       In my days at a = firm that sold, and serviced Steinways, any key</DIV> <DIV>>polishing was done with a foot square slab of scrap = half inch hammer felt</DIV> <DIV>>with Brasso and = metho.       The felt slab was glued to a board to make it</DIV> <DIV>>portable. Then a small amount of Brasso was put on = the felt with the same</DIV> <DIV>>amount of metho.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Regards,</DIV> <DIV>Don Rose, B.Mus., A.M.U.S., A.MUS., R.P.T.</DIV> <DIV>Non calor sed umor est qui nobis incommodat</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>mailto:pianotuna@accesscomm.ca <A = href="http://us.geocities.com/drpt1948/">http://us.geocities.com/drpt19= 48/</A></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>3004 Grant Rd. REGINA, SK, S4S 5G7</DIV> <DIV>306-352-3620 or 1-888-29t-uner</DIV> <DIV>_______________________________________________</DIV> <DIV>pianotech list info: <A = href="https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives">http://www.ptg.org= /mailman/listinfo/pianotech</A></DIV> <DIV>.</DIV></TD></TR> <TR> <TD id=INCREDIFOOTER width="100%"> <TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%"> <TBODY> <TR> <TD width="100%"></TD> <TD id=INCREDISOUND vAlign=bottom align=middle></TD> <TD id=INCREDIANIM vAlign=bottom = align=middle></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><BR> <P><FONT size=2>--<BR>No virus found in this incoming = message.<BR>Checked by AVG Anti-Virus.<BR>Version: 7.0.300 / Virus Database: 265.6.11 - = Release Date: 01/12/2005<BR></FONT></P></BLOCKQUOTE><BR> <P><FONT size=2>--<BR>No virus found in this outgoing = message.<BR>Checked by AVG Anti-Virus.<BR>Version: 7.0.300 / Virus Database: 265.6.11 - = Release Date: 01/12/2005<BR></FONT></P></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>