<!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 6.00.2800.1400" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>As long as she knows now, that's what's = important....</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Kevin.</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=Piannaman@aol.com href="mailto:Piannaman@aol.com">Piannaman@aol.com</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, February 18, = 2004 8:18 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Hiss and Vinegar</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT size=2 = PTSIZE="10">List, <BR><BR>I made a follow up call on the new Kawai RX-3 with partially = rusted strings after 2 months in the house.  Since her cleaners had = discontinued wet-mopping the floor, the rust hadn't gotten any worse.  I = scraped a bit off, then made an appointment to go back and clean it up as completely = as possible. <BR><BR>While scraping oxidation, I asked what the cleaners = had been using to clean the radiant heated cement floor.  Her answer was = vinegar and water.  Nothing like an acid steam bath for a new piano...:-( =   <BR><BR>Thought y'all might like to know, <BR><BR>Dave Stahl</FONT> </FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>