<!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 6.00.2800.1479" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>John Ross said: "<FONT face="Times = New Roman" size=3>Oh yes, if the rail had a small piece of felt next to the coil, = remove it, and wash the wood with acetone. The felt was contaminated, and = caused the coil to corrode"</FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>John, </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>What you are refering to is the problem = with contaminated felt. The real cuprit is chemicals/acid that was not = thoroghly removed from the felt. (There were a whole bunch of Everett pianos with = this problem.) Acetone will not remove the problem. It's best to just remove = the felt. Don't even bother to replace it, as it has no real purpose, IMO.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Best Regards,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Joe Garrett, R.P.T.<BR>Captain, Tool Police<BR>Squares R I</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>