<HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-= 1"> <META content="IncrediMail 1.0" name=GENERATOR>  </HEAD> <BODY style="BACKGROUND-POSITION: 0px 0px; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 5px= 10px 10px; FONT-FAMILY: Arial" bgColor=#ffffff background="" scroll== yes ORGYPOS="0"> <TABLE id=INCREDIMAINTABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=2 width="100= %" border=0> <TBODY> <TR> <TD id=INCREDITEXTREGION style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; CURSOR: auto; FONT-F= AMILY: Arial" width="100%"> <DIV> Calin....Be aware that in a badly worn action the leather wear= s off the button and the bare wood of the button damages the supposedly s= mooth long wooden board making it impossible to do a quick repair. C= ompletely stripping the action and resurfacing and repairing the long bur= nished section is the only way.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>My advice....RUN</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Best of luck</DIV> <DIV>Robin Stevens</DIV> <DIV>South Australia</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV id=IncrediOriginalMessage><I>-------Original Message-------</I></D= IV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV id=receivestrings> <DIV dir=ltr style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt" <i><B>From:</B></I> <A href="m= ailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech</A></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt" <i><B>Date:</B></I> 03/10/05 03:= 20:03</DIV> <DIV dir=ltr style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt" <i><B>To:</B></I> <A href="mai= lto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt" <i><B>Subject:</B></I> How to ap= ply graphite?</DIV></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Hi!</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I need some help: I managed to get some graphite powder. Now how do = I apply</DIV> <DIV>it to the leather and jacks of this very old upright (from 1860 - in= which</DIV> <DIV>the jacks escape by sliding on a long wooden board with adjustable s= crews,</DIV> <DIV>covered in leather)?</DIV> <DIV>The old graphite there looks shiny, like it was somehow burnished...= ?</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Regards,</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>  Calin Tantareanu</DIV> <DIV>----------------------------------------------------</DIV> <DIV>  e-mail: <A href="mailto:calin.tantareanu@gmx.net">calin.tan= tareanu@gmx.net</A></DIV> <DIV>  <A href="http://calintantareanu.tripod.com">http://calintan= tareanu.tripod.com</A></DIV> <DIV>----------------------------------------------------</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>_______________________________________________</DIV> <DIV>pianotech list info: <A href="http://www.ptg.org/mailman/listinfo/= pianotech">https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives</A></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></T= ABLE></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></BODY></HTML>