My thought is that you could wear surgical gloves and it wouldn't make any difference. Over time, I think they just plain wear out. I came to this conclusion after realizing that it was the buttons that I used the most when changing some of the settings (particularly the 4 key, as when changing the pitch) that went first. _____ From: bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Gary Wunder Sent: Monday, October 08, 2007 4:22 PM To: bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [bookport] Re: Less responsive buttons Okay, so wash with hand soap?