<!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 5.50.4134.600" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT color=#000080></FONT> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000080 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=kpiano@goldrush.com = href="mailto:kpiano@goldrush.com">Keith Roberts</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> November 18, 2001 11:30 = PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Growing = Leads</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Oxidation is encouraged or = accelerated by the presence of electric charge or current. Also the presence of moisture = and or ionized salts [sea air]. Install a heater bar and ground the = harp to the electric system. The lead is growing because it is combining with = oxygen and takes up more space. This only happens on exposed surfaces so = don't drill a hole in it you will only expose more lead to the = air.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Keith</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV><FONT color=#000080></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000080>If you install that heater bar within the = action cavity of a grand be sure to schedule time in a couple of years to = also replace the pinblock and restring the piano. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000080></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000080>Del</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>