> > About 4 years ago I was contracted by a very nice lady to rebuild a vertical > ( 80 year old Kimball) that had tremondous sentimental value. Also she had > refinished the case and had done a truely beautiful job of it. We carefully > transported it to the shop. And as we were taking the strings off it, a crack > started to appear in the brace(part of the plate) > It must have been hidden under the paint. Anyhow we already had recieved (and > spent) 1/2 of the contracted price. We were absoutely desolate. Then as often > happens in this business a chain of events happend that led up to our > discovering some REALLY HI-TECH AND EXPENSIVE EPOXIE from 3M in Atlanta. > This stuff was strong enough to repair central shafts on > generators!!!!!!!!!!! It was difficult to use temperature wise and it had a > long set up period, and very specific requirements concerning cleaning ert. > etc., etc.... To make a short story long.... It worked !!1!!!! > > True enough we had to tune it 100% low but it's back in the lady's house and > she loves it............. And I'm still tuning it. and It holds>>>>>>>>>> I think you meant to say 100 CENTS low, right? 100% low would be 0, in which case chewing gum could have been used to repair the plate! Sorry, it's been a tough day and I couldn't resist! :) Les Smith lessmith@buffnet.net
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