<!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 6.00.2800.1276" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi Jean-Jackues,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The ability of lead to be easily and = cheeply swedged to the size that will not rattle in a key stick or underlever = assembly may be a factor.</FONT></DIV> <DIV>Joe Goss RPT<BR><A href="mailto:imatunr@srvinet.com">imatunr@srvinet.com</A><BR><A href="http://www.mothergoosetools.com">www.mothergoosetools.com</A></DI= V> <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=jjgranas@zigzag.pl = href="mailto:jjgranas@zigzag.pl">Jean-Jacques Granas</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, May 19, 2004 = 4:32 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> About Lead - Was: = Ongoing Discussions</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi all,</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>That lead represents a health hazard = is not a new idea. </FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2>It is particularly harmful to = small children whose mental development seems to be hampered by continued = exposure to lead. Their liver seems to be at risk as well.</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>This said, I wonder just how exposed = lead in piano keys really is. Most lead related health warnings concentrate on = sources such as old stripped lead paint, especially if scraped and sanded, = thus producing harmful dust containing lead that can be easily absorbed by = the organism. Frankly speaking, the inquisitive piano tech seems more at = risk here to me.</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Be it as it may, this issue does not = seem to me to be such a major obstacle to proper action performance. Can not = something else be substituded for lead, steel for example ?</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Peace,</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Jean-Jacques Granas</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial = size=2>Warsaw</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>