<!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 5.50.4134.100" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The balance rail pins were good with = the exception of 2. Just a tiny bit of pitting at the base of those. The front rail is = a different story. I do have new pins for that. I was thinking ahead when = I ordered parts. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Keith R</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE 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=baldyam@sk.sympatico.ca = href="mailto:baldyam@sk.sympatico.ca">jolly roger</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, September 04, = 2002 11:57 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: key pin = polish</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV><FONT size=3>Hi = Kieth,<BR>          &nb= sp;    If they are rusty and pitted, just replace them, it's just as fast as = cleaning them up.   New pins are cheap.<BR>Roger<BR><BR><BR>At 09:26 = PM 9/4/02 -0700, you wrote:<BR></FONT> <BLOCKQUOTE class=cite cite type="cite"><FONT face=arial = size=2>Has anybody tried turtle wax chrome polish and rust remover on the pins? I just = did the balance rail with it and wow was it fast. I figured it had = properties like tarn-x. They sure are shiny and about as smooth as anything else = I've used. It's suppose to seal and protect the chrome. Is it wax? or memorax?</FONT><FONT size=3><BR></FONT><FONT face=arial = size=2>Keith R</FONT><FONT = size=3></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE><BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>