<HTML>In a message dated 11/21/02 6:28:12 PM Central Standard Time, avery@ev1.net writes: <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">Wim, I thought graphite on knuckles went out many, many years ago! Especially with the advent of Teflon powder! I won't use any kind of graphite within 20' of a piano! Avery </BLOCKQUOTE> I don't put the graphite on the knuckels. I put it on the jacks. Wim </HTML>