<!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 6.00.2800.1476" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>Hi Mike,</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>That would work.</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>I hadn't thought on my sander.</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>Does your wife check out the Sunday Post, on Sundays?</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>I get the Scotsman headlines everyday. Bothe are free.</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>Thanks,</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>John</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=mkurta@adelphia.net href="mailto:mkurta@adelphia.net">Mike Kurta</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Monday, October 18, 2004 5:36 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Bass Bridge</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi John:</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The tools and machine you list will all do the job, but I've found good success with a belt sander, preferably bench type.  You can control the amount of taper and slowly come down to it.  </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Mike Kurta (husband of the Scotty from Aberdeen)</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>