---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment Ah, well. As a heavy carnivore concerned about the environment and preserving scarce tropical woods, I have found the ideal solution to the problem, one that is all organic and beautifully natural: I eat with my fingers before playing the piano! That way the animal grease protects the wood from my highly destructive sweat ... and makes it real shiny, too. Alan Barnard Salem, Missouri > Dear Terry, > I agree with you that natural ebony is gorgeous. > It is NOT however, impervious to the acidic sweats and > salts in fingers, not to mention boogers, various > bodily fluids, etc.. Some people ( especially heavy > carnivores, as a matter of fact) have REALLY > destructive sweat, and I've seen plenty of pianos > where the sharps, and sides of naturals, for that > matter, are quite literally melted away. I might leave > the sharps unfinished on my own piano, as I wash my > hands every time I use it. But for the general > "hoi-poloi"? Nope. Bad idea, unless you enjoy > depleting rare wood species. > Thump > ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/95/33/a4/7f/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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