<HTML>List I will be rebuilding my first piano this year.  And I do mean year, be= cause that's how long it will probably take me.  So I will be on the l= ist now and then asking for advice.   The piano is a Steinway V, a vertical piano built in 1917.  It has a g= ood soundboard, and pinblock, but suffers from poor hammer repetition. = I plan to replace the entire action, strings, and refinish the case. Today I began.  I glued on 5 new ivories where there were none, and I = thought I'd lube the capstans while the keys were out.  The dowel caps= tans are wood with a black coating on the top which looks like DAG.  I= t's not that I sense alot of friction at the top of the dowel, but is there = a preferred method of lubing and thus reducing friction in this type of caps= tan?  (On brass capstans I polish with BRASSO and then coat it with TF= L50.) Tom Sivak </HTML>