<!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 6.00.2800.1106" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hey all,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Gone are the days when I only worked on = good pianos!  A lot of good techniques have = come along since I was on maternity leave.  I've checked the archives for the subject = of Protek on strings and read a great deal, but didn't see this particular = case mentioned:</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>This past week I tuned a Cable Nelson = console which suffered from a case of strings that overlap in the tuning pin section, = making it a tad difficult to set unisons (or anything else for that = matter).  You know, you get one string set, tune the next, and it throws the previous = one off again.  Grrr.  Would it help to dab a bit of Protek on = them?  Would it be too risky being that close to the pinblock?  Has anyone = done this before?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thanks for your help.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Barbara Richmond, RPT</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>There nothing like starting up a = business again,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>somewhere near Peoria, IL.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV></BODY></HTML>