<!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=oleg-i@wanadoo.fr href="mailto:oleg-i@wanadoo.fr">Isaac = OLEG SIMANOT</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> January 03, 2002 12:32 = AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> RE: Epoxy</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px = solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=360523008-03012002>Hello Del,</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=360523008-03012002></SPAN></FONT> </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=360523008-03012002>beside the friction issue, protrect the = strings from the moist that the wood can render.</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=360523008-03012002></SPAN></FONT> </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=360523008-03012002>?</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=360523008-03012002></SPAN></FONT> </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=360523008-03012002>Happy New year</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=360523008-03012002></SPAN></FONT> </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=360523008-03012002>Isaac OLEG</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=360523008-03012002></SPAN></FONT> </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr><FONT size=2>Most of the time we still graphite = bridges as a matter of customer preference. On our own pianos we do not. I fail = to see the point of it.</FONT></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr><FONT size=2>Del</DIV> <HR dir=ltr> </FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE> <DIV dir=ltr><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr><FONT size=2>Isaac,</FONT></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr><FONT size=2>Graphite is also somewhat hygroscopic. I = doubt there is going to be much difference either way. If this were a concern I = think I'd want a bridge coating a bit more robust than graphite. Something like SystemThree Clear Coat, perhaps. </FONT></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr><FONT size=2>Del</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>