<!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 6.00.2800.1226" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT size=2>Sorry, I have to ask: the hammer *shanks* have a = coat of graphite?  Does this reduce friction with -- I dunno -- the air = during play?!?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>I'm still trying to figure out why bridge caps are graphited.  With 150 lbs. of tension on thin treble wire and just a = few degrees of downbearing, I can't imagine that an un-graphited wooden cap = gives much friction to steel during rendering.  But, I haven't done any experimentation.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>--Cy Shuster--</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>Rochester, MN</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=roger.j@sasktel.net = href="mailto:roger.j@sasktel.net">Roger Jolly</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> Friday, September 05, = 2003 12:25 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: New Sohmer = pianos(made by Samick)</DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT><BR></DIV>The graphite has gone from Samick = action centres, that I can take some credit for.  However Renner hammer = shanks and wips will still have a light coat of = graphite.</BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>